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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kinnuz

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

Paradigmatic leveling of *kenuz ~ *kenniz, from earlier *kenuz ~ *kenwez, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵḗn-u-s ~ ǵén-w-os.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkin.nuz/

Noun

*kinnuz f

  1. cheek
  2. chin, jaw

Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *kinnuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kinnuz *kinniwiz
vocative *kinnu *kinniwiz
accusative *kinnų *kinnunz
genitive *kinnauz *kinniwǫ̂
dative *kinniwi *kinnumaz
instrumental *kinnū *kinnumiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *kinnu, *kinni
    • Old English: ċinn f, ċin, ċyn
      • Middle English: chyn, chin, chinne, chynne, shyne, schyn
        • English: chin
        • Scots: chin, chyn
    • Old Frisian: zin
    • Old Saxon: kinni n
    • Old Dutch: kinni n
    • Old High German: kinni n, chinni
    • →? Old French: (“teeth (of a dog or baby)”) [1174, Lorraine, France] (alternatively from or influenced in meaning by chien (“dog”)[1])
      Anglo-Norman: quenne, quienne
      Old French: quenne
      Old Northern French: cane
      Picard Old French: kenne
      • ⇒ Old French: *quenotte
        • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: quenaude
        • French: quenotte
          • ⇒ French: queniate
        • Picard: kenotte
        • → Occitan: quenote
  • Old Norse: kinn
  • Gothic: 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍃 (kinnus)

References
  1. Sainéan, L. (1906) “Les noms romans du chien et leurs applications métaphoriques”, in Mémoires de la Soc. de ling., volume XIV
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