Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knukô

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 *gnew- (“a bundle; knot”), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to pinch; clench; ball up”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈknu.kɔːː/

Noun

*knukô m

joint, bone

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *knukô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*knukô	*knukaniz
vocative	*knukô	*knukaniz
accusative	*knukanų	*knukanunz
genitive	*knukiniz	*knukanǫ̂
dative	*knukini	*knukammaz
instrumental	*knukinē	*knukammiz

Derived terms

*knukilaz (“knuckle, knot, bump”)
*knukōjaną (“to knock, strike”)

Descendants

Old Frisian: *knuko, *knoko
- North Frisian: knook, knooke, knaake, knååke
- Saterland Frisian: Knooke
Old Saxon: *knuko
- Middle Low German: *knocke
  - Plautdietsch: Knoaken
  - → Norwegian: knoke
Old Dutch: *knuko
- Middle Dutch: cnoke
  - Dutch: knook
Old High German: knohha
- Middle High German: knoche
  - Alemannic German: Chnoche
  - Central Franconian:
    Kölsch: Knoche
  - German: Knochen
- → Italian: nocca, gnocchi
Old Norse: knúi (“knuckle”)
- Icelandic: (kjúka)
- Old Swedish: knōe, knōghe
  - Swedish: knoge
- Danish: kno
- Gutnish: knoke, knoka, knokå
- Westrobothnian: knok, knook

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