Germanic k reflects the Indo-European palatal stop under Grimm’s Law while the *-t- derivative is represented in the reconstructed *kund- adjective; exact stem and voicing analyses vary in the wider family.
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COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 1070comparative derivationprobable
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*kundiz
natural, native, or fitting
OPEN NODE 1075 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European suffixed zero grade · born nature formation*gn̥ə-t-
born or produced; a birth-, nature-, or kind-forming derivative
OPEN NODE 1070 ↗01
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What is born or produced develops the natural, native, innate, and fitting adjective field.
Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic reconstruction.
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Rosemarie Lühr
probable — American Heritage publishes *kundiz under *gn̥ə-t-. EWA’s wider Germanic comparison requires the same explicit analytical caution as the noun route.
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Indo-European Root genə-genə-, zero-grade *gn̥ə-t- section: Germanic *kundiz
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the adjective reconstruction under the birth-root derivative.
Kind — Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen VComparative discussion of the Germanic *kund- formations
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Preserves the wider family’s reconstruction and voicing limits.
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