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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kunją

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkun.jɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From Pre-Germanic *ǵn̥h₁-yo-m, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, to give birth”).[1]

Noun

*kunją n [1]

  1. kin, family, clan
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *kunją (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kunją *kunjō
vocative *kunją *kunjō
accusative *kunją *kunjō
genitive *kunjas, *kunis *kunjǫ̂
dative *kunjai *kunjamaz
instrumental *kunjō *kunjamiz
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Pre-Germanic *ǵn̥h₃-yo-m, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).[2]

Noun

*kunją n [2]

  1. omen, portent, miracle
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *kunją (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kunją *kunjō
vocative *kunją *kunjō
accusative *kunją *kunjō
genitive *kunjas, *kunis *kunjǫ̂
dative *kunjai *kunjamaz
instrumental *kunjō *kunjamiz
Descendants
  • Old Norse: kyn
  • → Finnic: *koneh (“magic”) (Pre-Germanic borrowing)
    • Finnish: kone (“machine”)
    • Karelian: koneh

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kunja- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 311
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kunja- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 311
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