Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnuts

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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, Albanian nyç, 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

Old English: hnutu
- Middle English: nute, note
  - Scots: nute, nuit
  - English: nut
Old Frisian: *nutu
- Saterland Frisian: Nuute
- West Frisian: nút
Old Saxon: hnut, *hnutu
- Middle Low German: nōte
  - German Low German: Nööt
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
  - Luxembourgish: Noss
  - Pennsylvania German: Nuss
  - Yiddish: נוס‎ (nus)
Old Norse: hnot
- Icelandic: hnot, hneta
- Faroese: nøt, nøta, nytur
- Norwegian: nøtt, nòt
- Old Swedish: nut, not
  - Swedish: nöt
- Danish: nød

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