| Appendix:Frankish/knīf Nov 25th 2012, 21:47 | | | | Line 13: | Line 13: | | | | | | | | ====Descendants==== | | ====Descendants==== | | − | * Old Dutch: *knīf | + | * Old Dutch: *{{l|odt|knīf}} | | | ** Middle Dutch: {{l|dum|cniff|cnīff}}, {{l|dum|cnijf}}, {{l|dum|cnief}} | | ** Middle Dutch: {{l|dum|cniff|cnīff}}, {{l|dum|cnijf}}, {{l|dum|cnief}} | | | *** Dutch: {{l|nl|knijf}} (dialectal) | | *** Dutch: {{l|nl|knijf}} (dialectal) |
Latest revision as of 21:47, 25 November 2012 [edit] Frankish [edit] Etymology From Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gneib- ("to pinch, nip"). *knīf m. - knife
[edit] Declension Declension of *knīf (a-stem) | Case | Singular | Plural |
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| Nominative | *knīf | *knīfa |
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| Accusative | *knīf | *knīfa |
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| Genitive | *knīfes | *knīfō |
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| Dative | *knīfē | *knīfam, -um |
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| Instrumental | *knīfu | *knīfam, -um |
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[edit] Descendants - Old Dutch: *knīf
- Old French: *canif, cnivet, canivet
- Middle French: canif (possibly a reborrowing from Old Norse or Middle English)
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