Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kuni

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kunją.

Noun

*kuni n^[1]

family, kin

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kuni
Genitive	*kunnjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kuni	*kunnju
Accusative	*kuni	*kunnju
Genitive	*kunnjas	*kunnjō
Dative	*kunnjē	*kunnjum
Instrumental	*kunnju	*kunnjum

Descendants

Old English: cynn, cyn
- Middle English: kin, kyn, ken, kun
  - English: kin
  - Scots: kin
Old Frisian: ken, kenn, kin
- North Frisian: kinne, kenne
Old Saxon: kunni, cunni
- Middle Low German: künne
  - Low German: Künne
Old Dutch: cunni
- Middle Dutch: cunne, conne, kunne
  - Dutch: kunne
Old High German: kunni, chunni
- Middle High German: künne, konne, kunne
  - German: Künne, Kunne (both obsolete)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “*kuni”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “*kuni”

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