Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knībaz

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

A nominal formation, with quasi-Indo-European form *ǵneybʰ-o(n)-, perhaps from an unattested *knībaną, itself related to *knippōną (“to pinch”); see there for more.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkniː.βɑz/

Noun

*knībaz m

  1. pincers; shears
  2. knife
    Synonyms: *dalkaz, *sahsą

Inflection

Declension of *knībaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *knībaz *knībōz, *knībōs
vocative *knīb *knībōz, *knībōs
accusative *knībą *knībanz
genitive *knības, *knībis *knībǫ̂
dative *knībai *knībamaz
instrumental *knībō *knībamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *knīb
    • Old English: cnīf (possible reborrowing from Old Norse knífr or Middle Dutch cnīf, cnijf)
      • Middle English: knyf, knif
    • Old Frisian: *knīf
      • West Frisian: kniif, knyf, knyft
    • Old Saxon: *knīf
      • Middle Low German: knîf
        • German Low German: Knief
        • Low German: knief, kniiv, knif
        • Plautdietsch: Kjnief
    • Old Dutch: *cnīf
      • Middle Dutch: cnijf
    • Old High German: *knīb (?)
    • → Vulgar Latin: *cnīfus (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Norse: *ᚲᚾᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*knibaʀ)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*knība(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 296
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