Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unkunþaz

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 *un- +‎ *kunþaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈun.ˌkun.θɑz/

Adjective

*unkunþaz

unknown

Inflection

Declension of *unkunþaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*unkunþaz	*unkunþō	*unkunþą, -atō	*unkunþai	*unkunþôz	*unkunþō
accusative	*unkunþanǭ	*unkunþǭ	*unkunþą, -atō	*unkunþanz	*unkunþōz	*unkunþō
genitive	*unkunþas, -is	*unkunþaizōz	*unkunþas, -is	*unkunþaizǫ̂	*unkunþaizǫ̂	*unkunþaizǫ̂
dative	*unkunþammai	*unkunþaizōi	*unkunþammai	*unkunþaimaz	*unkunþaimaz	*unkunþaimaz
instrumental	*unkunþanō	*unkunþaizō	*unkunþanō	*unkunþaimiz	*unkunþaimiz	*unkunþaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*unkunþô	*unkunþǭ	*unkunþô	*unkunþaniz	*unkunþōniz	*unkunþōnō
accusative	*unkunþanų	*unkunþōnų	*unkunþô	*unkunþanunz	*unkunþōnunz	*unkunþōnō
genitive	*unkunþiniz	*unkunþōniz	*unkunþiniz	*unkunþanǫ̂	*unkunþōnǫ̂	*unkunþanǫ̂
dative	*unkunþini	*unkunþōni	*unkunþini	*unkunþammaz	*unkunþōmaz	*unkunþammaz
instrumental	*unkunþinē	*unkunþōnē	*unkunþinē	*unkunþammiz	*unkunþōmiz	*unkunþammiz

Related terms

*andikunþijaz
*unkunþīgaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *unkunþ
- Old English: uncūþ
  - Middle English: uncuth, uncouth
    - Scots: uncouth, unco
      - → English: unco
    - English: uncouth
- Old Frisian: *unkūth
- Old Saxon: *unkūth, *unkund
  - Middle Low German: unkunt
- Old Dutch: *unkunt, *uncunt
  - Middle Dutch: oncont
    - Dutch: onkond
- Old High German: unkund
  - Middle High German: unkunt; unkünde
    - German: unkund
Old Norse: úkunnr
- Icelandic: ókunnur
- Old Swedish: okunder
  - Swedish: okund
Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (unkunþs)