*kanô

Runic: ᚲᚨᚾᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈkɑ.nɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

vessel, vat, tub
boat

Etymology

According to the Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, from Proto-Indo-European *gan-, *gandʰ- (‘container, vessel’) through an extension *gán(dʰ)ō. Cognates within Indo-European uncertain. Probably related to *kannǭ.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	kanô	kananiz
Acc.	kananų	kananunz
Gen.	kaniniz	kananǫ̂
Dat.	kanini	kanammaz
Inst.	kaninē	kanammiz
Voc.	kanô	kananiz

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Descendants

*kanō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kano (Old High German)
  - kane, kan (Middle High German)
    - Kahn (German)
      - kaan (Dutch)
*kanō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kano (Old Saxon)
  - kāne (Middle Low German)
    - Kahn (German Low German)
    - Kane (Low German)
*kanō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kano (Old Saxon)
  - kāne (Middle Low German)
    - cane (Old French)
      - canard (French)
        
        canard (English)
kani (Old Norse)
- kæna (Icelandic)
- kane (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- kana (Swedish)
kani (Old Norse)
- kane (Danish)
  - kane (Norwegian Bokmål)
kǿna (Old Norse)
- kæna (Icelandic)
- kane (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- kana (Swedish)
kǿna (Old Norse)
- kane (Danish)
  - kane (Norwegian Bokmål)
kœna (Old Norse)
- kæna (Icelandic)
- kane (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- kana (Swedish)
kœna (Old Norse)
- kane (Danish)
  - kane (Norwegian Bokmål)

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