cunst

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kunsti.

Noun

cunst f

1. knowledge

Inflection

Declension of cunst (feminine i-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	cunst	cunsti
accusative	cunst	cunsti
genitive	cunsti	cunsto
dative	cunsti	cunstin, cunston

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: cunst, const, cunste, conste
  • Dutch: kunst, konst (obsolete)
    • Afrikaans: kuns
    • Negerhollands: kunsche (from the diminutive)
    • → Papiamentu: kenshi, kunstji (from the diminutive)

References

• “kunst”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012