Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kinnu
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- *kinni
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *kinnuz.
Noun[edit]
*kinnu f[1]
Inflection[edit]
| u-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *kinnu | |
| Genitive | *kinnō | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *kinnu | *kinniwi, *kinnō |
| Accusative | *kinnu | *kinnū |
| Genitive | *kinnō | *kinniwō |
| Dative | *kinniwi, *kinnō | *kinnum |
| Instrumental | *kinnu | *kinnum |
Reconstruction notes[edit]
Continental West Germanic forms derived from secondary ja-stem *kinni.[2]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: ċinn f, ċin, ċyn
- Old Frisian: zin
- Old Saxon: kinni n
- Old Dutch: kinni n
- Old High German: kinni n, chinni
- →? Old French: (“teeth (of a dog or baby)”) [1174, Lorraine, France] (alternatively from or influenced in meaning by chien (“dog”)[3])
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 204: “PWGmc *kinn(u) ‘jaw’”
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Kinn”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 370: “Mit nn aus -nw- in archaischen obliquen Formen des u-Stammes und mit späterer Umbildung zu einem neutralen ja-Stamm”
- ^ Sainéan, L. (1906) “Les noms romans du chien et leurs applications métaphoriques”, in Mémoires de la Soc. de ling., volume XIV