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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hneudaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Etymology

Compare *knudaną (to rivet, knead), source of Old Norse hnoða (to rivet). Also compared to Ancient Greek κνύθος (knúthos, small thorn), but Kroonen finds this semantically unconvincing.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxneu̯.ðɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hneudaną[1][2]

  1. to hammer, to pound

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hneudan
    • Old Saxon: *hniodan
    • Old Dutch: *niedan
    • Old High German: *hniotan, *niotan
      • Middle High German: nieten
      • Old High German: bihniotan
  • Old Norse: hnjóða

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hneudan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 235
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xneuđanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 179-180
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