Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kanipaz

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 *ǵenu- (“jaw”). Cognate with Latin gena (“cheek”), Welsh gen (“cheek, chin”), Ancient Greek γενειάς (geneiás, “beard, chin”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.ni.pɑz/

Noun

*kanipaz m

hair on the chin or cheek, beard, whiskers, moustache

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *kanipaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kanipaz	kanipōz, kanipōs
vocative	*kanip	kanipōz, kanipōs
accusative	*kanipą	*kanipanz
genitive	kanipas, kanipis	*kanipǫ̂
dative	*kanipai	*kanipamaz
instrumental	*kanipō	*kanipamiz

Synonyms

*granō

Related terms

*kinnuz

Descendants

Old English: cenep
- Middle English: kempe
  - English: kemp
Old Frisian: kanep, kenep, knap, knep
Old Dutch: *kanep, *kanef, *canef
- Middle Dutch: caneve, canefbeen, canebeen
  - Dutch: knevel (in part?)
    - German: Knebel, Knebelbart
Old Norse: kanpr, kampr
- Faroese: kampur
- Icelandic: kampur
- Middle English: *camp (attested only as camp (“shaggy”, adj))
  - English: camp
  - Scots: camp

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