Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kunþ

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kunþaz.

Adjective

*kunþ

1. known

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*kunþ
Genitive	*kunþas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*kunþ	*kunþu	*kunþ
Accusative	*kunþanā	*kunþā	*kunþ
Genitive	*kunþas	*kunþeʀā	*kunþas
Dative	*kunþumē	*kunþeʀē	*kunþumē
Instrumental	*kunþu	*kunþeʀu	*kunþu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*kunþē	*kunþō	*kunþu
Accusative	*kunþā	*kunþā	*kunþu
Genitive	*kunþeʀō	*kunþeʀō	*kunþeʀō
Dative	*kunþēm, *kunþum	*kunþēm, *kunþum	*kunþēm, *kunþum
Instrumental	*kunþēm, *kunþum	*kunþēm, *kunþum	*kunþēm, *kunþum

Derived terms

• *kunþijan
• *kunþī
• *kunþō
• *kunþōn

Descendants

• Old English: cūþ
  • Middle English: couth
    • English: couth
    • Scots: couth
• Old Frisian: kūth
  • Saterland Frisian: kuud
• Old Saxon: kūth, *kunth
  • Middle Low German: kunt
    • German Low German: kund (in derivatives)
• Old Dutch: cunt
  • Middle Dutch: cont
    • Dutch: kond
• Old High German: kund
  • Middle High German: kunt
    • German: kund