Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gnewH-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*gnewH-[1]

  1. to press

Reconstruction notes

A scarcely known root, possibly surviving only in Germanic and Slavic.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gnewH- (1 c, 0 e)
  • *gnuH-óye-ti (factitive?) or *gnuH-éh₁ye-ti (stative?)
    • Proto-Germanic: *knūwāną
      • Proto-West Germanic: *knūwēn
        • Old English: cnūian (“to crush, pestle”), cnūwian
  • *gnuH-yé-ti (yé-present)
    • Proto-Germanic: *knūjaną (see there for further descendants)
  • *gnowH-éye-ti (??)
    • >? Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gnjawīˀtei
      • Proto-Slavic:
  • *gnowH-ō (n-stem)
    • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *knū(w)ô (< *gnuHō)
      • Old Norse: knúi (“knuckle”)
  • *gnowH-o-s
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *knawaz (“strong”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*knūjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 297
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