Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knuppaz

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 a Proto-Indo-European *gnewbʰ-o-s, from *gnewbʰ-, an extension of *gen- (“to compress”),[1] and cognate with Old Irish gnobh (“knot, knag”),[2] Lithuanian gniáubti (“to embrace”), gniùbti (“to lose firmness, sink”).[1] See also *knudaną (“to knead”), which continues a different extension of the same root.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknup.pɑz/

Noun

*knuppaz m[2]

  1. lump, clod

Inflection

Declension of *knuppaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *knuppaz *knuppōz, *knuppōs
vocative *knupp *knuppōz, *knuppōs
accusative *knuppą *knuppanz
genitive *knuppas, *knuppis *knuppǫ̂
dative *knuppai *knuppamaz
instrumental *knuppō *knuppamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic:
    • Old Saxon:
      • Middle Low German: knuppe (“bud”)
    • Old High German: knopf (“knot”)
      • Middle High German: knopf
        • German: Knopf (“button, knob”)
  • Old Norse:
    • Norwegian: knupp (“bud”) (dialectal)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Knopf”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*knuppaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 218-9
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