kunni

See also: kúnni

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Germanic *kunją
Proto-West Germanic *kuni
Old High German kunni

    From Proto-West Germanic *kuni.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkun.ni/

    Noun

    kunni n

    1. gender, kind
    2. kinship, family, tribe, people
    3. rank, state

    Declension

    Declension of kunni (neuter ja-stem)
    case singular plural
    nominative kunni kunni
    accusative kunni kunni
    genitive kunnes kunno
    dative kunne kunnim
    instrumental kunnu —

    Derived terms

    • gi-kunni n
    • gi-kunni (adjective)
    • kunnihaftī f
    • kunniling m
    • kunnilīhho (adverb)
    • kunniruns m or f
    • kunniscaft f
    • kunnizala f
    • kunnizalāri m
    • kunnīg (adjective)

    Descendants

    • Middle High German: künne, konne, kunne
      • German: Künne, Kunne (both obsolete)

    Old Norse

    Verb

    kunni

    1. inflection of kunna:
      1. third-person singular past active indicative
      2. third-person singular/plural present/past active subjunctive

    Old Saxon

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *kuni, from Proto-Germanic *kunją.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkun.ni/
    • Hyphenation: kun‧ni

    Noun

    kunni n

    1. descent
    2. tribe
    3. people

    Declension

    kunni (neuter ja-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative kunni kunni
    accusative kunni kunni
    genitive kunnies kunniō
    dative kunnie kunnium
    instrumental — —

    Descendants

    • Middle Low German: künne
      • Low German: Künne

    References

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