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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kunją

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkun.jɑ̃/

Etymology 1

Nomininalized from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁-yó-m (“begotten, birthed”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth”) +‎ *-yóm.[1]

Noun

*kunją n[1]

  1. kin, family, clan
Inflection
neuter ja-stemDeclension of *kunją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kunją *kunjō
vocative *kunją *kunjō
accusative *kunją *kunjō
genitive *kunjas, *kunis *kunjǫ̂
dative *kunjai *kunjamaz
instrumental *kunjō *kunjamiz
  • *kinþiz
  • *knōslą
    • Proto-West Germanic: *knōsl
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Nomininalized from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃-yó-m (“known”), from *ǵenh₃- (“to know”) +‎ *-yóm.[2]

Noun

*kunją n[2]

  1. (North Germanic) omen, portent, miracle
Inflection
neuter ja-stemDeclension of *kunją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kunją *kunjō
vocative *kunją *kunjō
accusative *kunją *kunjō
genitive *kunjas, *kunis *kunjǫ̂
dative *kunjai *kunjamaz
instrumental *kunjō *kunjamiz
Descendants
  • Old Norse: kyn
  • → Proto-Finnic: *konëh (“magic”) (Pre-Germanic borrowing)
    • Finnish: kone (“machine”)
    • Karelian: koneh

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kunja- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 311
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kunja- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 311
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