GO DEEPERcomparative derivationprobable
Proto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European suffixed zero grade · born nature formation*gn̥ə-t-
born or produced; a birth-, nature-, or kind-forming derivative
- SOUND
- The Indo-European palatal stop develops as Germanic k under Grimm’s Law, while a suffixed zero-grade *gn̥ə-t- formation is represented in Germanic *kund- material; the exact consonant and stem reconstruction varies across analyses.
- MEANING
- A formation meaning born or produced develops the origin, family, race, nature, and kind noun field.
- CHRONOLOGY
- Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic reconstruction, without a directly attested intermediate token.
- SCHOLAR
- Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Rosemarie Lühr
- CONFIDENCE
- probable — American Heritage publishes *kundjaz from the zero-grade formation. EWA’s comparative discussion preserves *kenþa-, *kunđa-, and *kunđi- analyses and unresolved voicing or borrowing questions for parts of the Germanic evidence.
Indo-European Root genə-supportsgenə-, zero-grade *gn̥ə-t- section: Germanic *kundjaz
Publishes the Germanic noun under the suffixed zero-grade formation.
ORIGINAL ↗Kind — Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen VcontextComparative discussion of *kenþa-, *kunđa-, and *kunđi-
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 1064 ↗Shows why one undifferentiated Germanic *kund- reconstruction should retain a stated confidence limit.
ORIGINAL ↗