Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kunþō

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 *kunþ +‎ *-ō, or equivalently from Proto-Germanic *kunþô.

Noun

*kunþō m

1. familiar person; friendly person, acquaintance

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kunþō
Genitive	*kunþini, *kunþan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kunþō	*kunþan
Accusative	*kunþan	*kunþan
Genitive	*kunþini, *kunþan	*kunþanō
Dative	*kunþini, *kunþan	*kunþum
Instrumental	*kunþini, *kunþan	*kunþum

Descendants

• Old English: cūþa
• Old Dutch: cundo
  • Middle Dutch: conde
    • Dutch: konde
• Old High German: cundo (also “customer”), chundo
  • Middle High German: kunde
    • German: Kunde