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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knēaną
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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
Likely from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”), the same root as *kunnaną, but the exact mode of derivation is unclear. It may reflect a back-formation from an older *knō-, which could be an original perfective or stative formation.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *knēaną (strong class 7d)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *knēō | *knēaų | — | *knēai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *knēizi | *knēaiz | *knē | *knēazai | *knēaizau |
| 3rd singular | *knēidi | *knēai | *knēadau | *knēadai | *knēaidau |
| 1st dual | *knēōz | *knēaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *knēadiz | *knēaidiz | *knēadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *knēamaz | *knēaim | — | *knēandai | *knēaindau |
| 2nd plural | *knēid | *knēaid | *knēid | *knēandai | *knēaindau |
| 3rd plural | *knēandi | *knēain | *knēandau | *knēandai | *knēaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *keknō | *keknōį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *keknōt | *keknōīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *keknō | *keknōī | |||
| 1st dual | *keknōū | *keknōīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *keknōudiz | *keknōīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *keknōum | *keknōīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *keknōud | *keknōīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *keknōun | *keknōīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *knēandz | *knēanaz | |||
Related terms
- *kannijaną
- *knēdiz
- *knēiz
- *kunnaną
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