Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unkunþīg

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 *unkunþīgaz, equivalent to *un- +‎ *kunþīg.

Adjective

*unkunþīg

1. unconscious, unknowing, ignorant

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*unkunþīg
Genitive	*unkunþīgas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*unkunþīg	*unkunþīgu	*unkunþīg
Accusative	*unkunþīganā	*unkunþīgā	*unkunþīg
Genitive	*unkunþīgas	*unkunþīgeʀā	*unkunþīgas
Dative	*unkunþīgumē	*unkunþīgeʀē	*unkunþīgumē
Instrumental	*unkunþīgu	*unkunþīgeʀu	*unkunþīgu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*unkunþīgē	*unkunþīgō	*unkunþīgu
Accusative	*unkunþīgā	*unkunþīgā	*unkunþīgu
Genitive	*unkunþīgeʀō	*unkunþīgeʀō	*unkunþīgeʀō
Dative	*unkunþīgēm, *unkunþīgum	*unkunþīgēm, *unkunþīgum	*unkunþīgēm, *unkunþīgum
Instrumental	*unkunþīgēm, *unkunþīgum	*unkunþīgēm, *unkunþīgum	*unkunþīgēm, *unkunþīgum

Descendants

• Old English: uncȳþiġ
  • >? Middle English: unkithe, unkythe
• Old Frisian: *unkethich, *unkettich
• Old Saxon: *unkūthīg, *unkundīg
  • Middle Low German: unkundich, unkündich
    • German Low German: unkünnig
    • → Old Frisian: *unkundich
      • Saterland Frisian: uunkundig, uunkundich
      • West Frisian: ûnkundich
• Old Dutch: *uncundig
  • Middle Dutch: oncondich
    • Dutch: onkundig
• Old High German: unkundīg
  • Middle High German: unkundic, unkundec, unkündic, unkündec
    • German: unkundig