Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kanipaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“jaw”). Cognate with Latin gena (“cheek”), Welsh gen (“cheek, chin”), Ancient Greek γενειάς (geneiás, “beard, chin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.ni.pɑz/

Noun

*kanipaz m

  1. hair on the chin or cheek, beard, whiskers, moustache

Inflection

Declension of *kanipaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kanipaz *kanipōz, *kanipōs
vocative *kanip *kanipōz, *kanipōs
accusative *kanipą *kanipanz
genitive *kanipas, *kanipis *kanipǫ̂
dative *kanipai *kanipamaz
instrumental *kanipō *kanipamiz

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kanip
    • Old English: cenep
    • Old Frisian: kanep, kenep, knap, knep
  • Old Norse: kanpr, kampr
    • Faroese: kampur
    • Icelandic: kampur
    • Swedish: kamp (obsolete), kamphår (dialectal)
    • → Middle English: *camp (attested only as camp (“shaggy”, adjective))
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