kunni

See also: kúnni

Old High German

Alternative forms

• chunni

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kuni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkun.ni/

Noun

kunni n

1. gender, kind
2. kinship, family, tribe, people
3. rank, state

Declension

Declension of kunni (neuter ja-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	kunni	kunni
accusative	kunni	kunni
genitive	kunnes	kunno
dative	kunne	kunnim
instrumental	kunnu	—

Derived terms

• gi-kunni n
• gi-kunni (adjective)
• kunnihaftī f
• kunniling m
• kunnilīhho (adverb)
• kunniruns m or f
• kunniscaft f
• kunnizala f
• kunnizalāri m
• kunnīg (adjective)

Descendants

• Middle High German: künne, konne, kunne
  • German: Künne, Kunne (both obsolete)

Old Norse

Verb

kunni

1. inflection of kunna:
   1. third-person singular past active indicative
   2. third-person singular/plural present/past active subjunctive

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• cunni

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kuni, from Proto-Germanic *kunją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkun.ni/
• Hyphenation: kun‧ni

Noun

kunni n

1. descent
2. tribe
3. people

Declension

kunni (neuter ja-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	kunni	kunni
accusative	kunni	kunni
genitive	kunnies	kunniō
dative	kunnie	kunnium
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: künne
  • Low German: Künne

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition