Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnuts

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 *knew-. Compare Latin nux, Old Irish cnú, Persian ‎ (lowz).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxnuts/

Noun

*hnuts f

nut

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *hnuts (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hnuts	*hnutiz
vocative	*hnut	*hnutiz
accusative	*hnutų	*hnutunz
genitive	*hnutiz	*hnutǫ̂
dative	*hnuti	*hnutumaz
instrumental	*hnutē	*hnutumiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hnut
- Old English: hnutu
  - Middle English: nute, note
    - English: nut
      - → Japanese: ナット (natto)
    - Scots: nute, nuit, nit
- Old Frisian: *nutu
  - Saterland Frisian: Nuute
  - West Frisian: nút
- Old Saxon: hnut, *hnutu
  - Middle Low German: nōte
    - German Low German: Nööt
    - Plautdietsch: Nät
- Old Dutch: *nutu
  - Middle Dutch: nōte
    - Dutch: noot
    - Limburgish: noeat (with unexpected oea)
- Old High German: nuz
  - Middle High German: nuz
    - Alemannic German: Nuss
    - German: Nuss
    - Hunsrik: Nuss
    - Luxembourgish: Noss
    - Pennsylvania German: Nuss
    - Yiddish: נוס‎ (nus)
Old Norse: hnot
- Icelandic: hnot
- Faroese: nøt, nøta, nytur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nòt
  - ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: nate-
- Norwegian Bokmål: nøtt
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: nøtt
- Old Swedish: nut, not
  - Swedish: nöt
- Danish: nød

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