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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *kannǭ</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_kannǭ</idno>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_lat_canna" xml:lang="lat" type="cognate">
          <orth>canna</orth>
          <def>a reed, cane</def>
        </item>
      </list>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_kanno" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kannǭ">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>kannǭ</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈkɑn.nɔ̃ː</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚲᚨᚾᛟ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">feminine</gram>
            <gram type="stem">ōn-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>a tankard, mug, cup, can</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>a jug, pitcher, pot</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Probably from a western Proto-Indo-European *gandʰ-, *gan- (‘a vessel, vat, tub’), and related to *kanô (‘vessel, boat’), as well as Middle Irish gand (‘vessel, can’). An alternative etymology derives *kannǭ as possibly from Latin <mentioned xml:lang="lat" target="#cog_lat_canna"><ref target="#cog_lat_canna">canna</ref></mentioned> (‘a reed, cane’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>kannǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>kannōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>kannōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>kannōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>kannōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>kannōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>kannōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>kannōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>kannōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>kannōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>kannǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>kannōniz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kannā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Medieval Latin</lang>
                    <orth>canna, cana, canneta, caneta, cannata</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Byzantine Greek</lang>
                      <orth>καννίον (kanníon), κανίον (kaníon), κανίν (kanín)</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Classical Mandaic</lang>
                        <orth>ࡒࡀࡍࡉࡍࡀ (qanina)</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Mishnaic Hebrew</lang>
                        <orth>קאנון / קנון</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kannā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Medieval Latin</lang>
                    <orth>canna, cana, canneta, caneta, cannata</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Byzantine Greek</lang>
                      <orth>καννίον (kanníon), κανίον (kaníon), κανίν (kanín)</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Classical Syriac</lang>
                        <orth>ܩܢܝܢܬܐ</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Arabic</lang>
                          <orth>قِنِّينَة (qinnīna)</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kannā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Medieval Latin</lang>
                    <orth>canna, cana, canneta, caneta, cannata</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle French</lang>
                      <orth>kanete</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>French</lang>
                        <orth>canette</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Catalan</lang>
                          <orth>canet</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>English</lang>
                          <orth>canette</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kannā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*kanna</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>kanne</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>kan</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kannā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>canne</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>canne</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>can</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kannā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>canne</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>canne</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>can</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Scottish Gaelic</lang>
                          <orth>cana</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kannā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>kanne, konne</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>Kanne</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>kanne</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kannā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>channa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>kanne</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>Kan</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kannā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>channa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>kanne</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Kanne</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Bulgarian</lang>
                          <orth>ка́на (kána)</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Hungarian</lang>
                          <orth>kanna</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Lower Sorbian</lang>
                          <orth>kana</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kannā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>kanna</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>kanne</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German Low German</lang>
                        <orth>Kanne, Kann</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>kanna</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Danish</lang>
                    <orth>kande</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>kanna</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>kanna</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norman</lang>
                    <orth>canne, cannette</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>kanne</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>kanna</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>kanna</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Estonian</lang>
                      <orth>kann</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Finnish</lang>
                      <orth>kannu</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>kanna</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
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