Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knudaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An "aorist-present", from Pre-Germanic *gnét-, *gn̥t-, with remodeling of the zero-grade after the full-grade, from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to compress”). Related to Proto-Slavic *gnesti (“to knead, press”) (> Old Church Slavonic гнєсти (gnesti, “to squeeze, press”)[1]).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*knudaną
- to knead
Inflection[edit]
The present tense has the zero grade vowel -u- rather than -e-. The past participle might have had either.
Conjugation of *knudaną (strong class 4)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
The West Germanic descendants have regularised the ablaut of this verb by replacing the -u- with -e-.
- Proto-West Germanic: *knedan
- Old Norse: knoða