Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kanô

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

According to the Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, from Proto-Indo-European *gan-, *gandʰ- (“container, vessel”) through an extension *gán(dʰ)ō. Cognates within Indo-European uncertain. Probably related to *kannǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.nɔːː/
• Rhymes: -ɑ.nɔːː

Noun

*kanô m

1. vessel, vat, tub
2. boat

Inflection

Declension of *kanô (masculine an-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*kanô	*kananiz
vocative	*kanô	*kananiz
accusative	*kananų	*kananunz
genitive	*kaniniz	*kananǫ̂
dative	*kanini	*kanammaz
instrumental	*kaninē	*kanammiz

Related terms

• *kannǭ
• *kōnijǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kanō
  • Old Saxon: *kano
    • Middle Low German: kāne
      • German Low German: Kahn (“prison”)
      • Low German: Kane
      • → Old French: cane
        • ⇒ French: canard
          • → English: canard
  • Old High German: *kano
    • Middle High German: kane, kan
      • German: Kahn
        • → Dutch: kaan
• Old Norse: kani; (kǿna, kœna)
  • ⇒ Icelandic: kæna (< Old Norse kǿna < Proto-Germanic *kōnijǭ)
  • Faroese: kana
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kane
  • Swedish: kana
  • Danish: kane
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kane