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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knusōną

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

Orel suggests an onomatopoeic origin.[1] Compare also West Germanic *knussjan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknu.sɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*knusōną[1]

  1. to strike
  2. to bruise

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *knosōn
    • Old English: cnossian
    • Old Saxon: *knosōn
      • Middle Low German: knōsen
    • Old Dutch: *cnoson
      • Middle Dutch: cnōsen
  • Old Norse: knosa, *knusa
    • Icelandic: knosa
    • Norwegian:
      Norwegian Bokmål: knuse
      Norwegian Nynorsk: knuse, knusa
    • Swedish: knusa, knosa, knossa
    • Danish: knuse

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*knusjanan ~ knusōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 219
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