Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnawwaz
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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
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *knew- (“to scrape; scratch; rub”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*hnawwaz
Inflection
Declension of *hnawwaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hnawwaz | *hnawwai | *hnawwō | *hnawwôz | *hnawwą, -atō | *hnawwō |
| Accusative | *hnawwanǭ | *hnawwanz | *hnawwǭ | *hnawwōz | *hnawwą, -atō | *hnawwō |
| Genitive | *hnawwas, -is | *hnawwaizǫ̂ | *hnawwaizōz | *hnawwaizǫ̂ | *hnawwas, -is | *hnawwaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hnawwammai | *hnawwaimaz | *hnawwaizōi | *hnawwaimaz | *hnawwammai | *hnawwaimaz |
| Instrumental | *hnawwanō | *hnawwaimiz | *hnawwaizō | *hnawwaimiz | *hnawwanō | *hnawwaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hnawwô | *hnawwaniz | *hnawwǭ | *hnawwōniz | *hnawwô | *hnawwōnō |
| Accusative | *hnawwanų | *hnawwanunz | *hnawwōnų | *hnawwōnunz | *hnawwô | *hnawwōnō |
| Genitive | *hnawwiniz | *hnawwanǫ̂ | *hnawwōniz | *hnawwōnǫ̂ | *hnawwiniz | *hnawwanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hnawwini | *hnawwammaz | *hnawwōni | *hnawwōmaz | *hnawwini | *hnawwammaz |
| Instrumental | *hnawwinē | *hnawwammiz | *hnawwōnē | *hnawwōmiz | *hnawwinē | *hnawwammiz |