Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ain
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *ainaz.
Adjective edit
1 | 2 > | |
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Cardinal : *ain | ||
*ain[1]
Inflection edit
a-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | ||
Nominative | *ain | ||
Genitive | *ainas | ||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *ain | *ainu | *ain |
Accusative | *ainanā | *ainā | *ain |
Genitive | *ainas | *aineʀā | *ainas |
Dative | *ainumē | *aineʀē | *ainumē |
Instrumental | *ainu | *aineʀu | *ainu |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *ainē | *ainō | *ainu |
Accusative | *ainā | *ainā | *ainu |
Genitive | *aineʀō | *aineʀō | *aineʀō |
Dative | *ainēm, *ainum | *ainēm, *ainum | *ainēm, *ainum |
Instrumental | *ainēm, *ainum | *ainēm, *ainum | *ainēm, *ainum |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: ān
- Old Frisian: ēn, ān; een
- Old Saxon: ēn
- Old Dutch: ēn
- Old High German: ein, ain
- Middle High German: ein
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 120: “*ain”