Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnakkô
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”), from *ken- (“to press, pinch, buckle, kink”).
Kroonen reconstructs an etymon Proto-Indo-European *knékō, which he connects with Tocharian A kñuk (“neck”). German Hunke (“hillock”) might retain a trace of the original genitive. Compare Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“protuberance; hill”), which Kroonen suggests is borrowed from Germanic.[1]
Compare also the suffix *-kô, found in names of several other body parts.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*hnakkô m
Inflection[edit]
According to Kroonen, this noun had root vowel ablaut, resulting in a nominative singular in *hnekkô, a genitive singular in *hnukkaz, and an accusative plural in *hnakkunz.[2]
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *hnakkô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *hnakkô | *hnakkaniz | |
| vocative | *hnakkô | *hnakkaniz | |
| accusative | *hnakkanų | *hnakkanunz | |
| genitive | *hnakkiniz | *hnakkanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *hnakkini | *hnakkammaz | |
| instrumental | *hnakkinē | *hnakkammiz | |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *hnakkō, *hnekkō
- Old Norse: hnakki
References[edit]
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hnekkan- ~ *hnakka(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 167-169