Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ain

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainaz.

Adjective

Proto-West Germanic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *ain

*ain

1. one

Inflection

a-stem
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

• *ainēn
• *ainijan
• *ainōn

Descendants

• Old English: ān
  • Middle English: oon, on, one, oen, oune, hon, none, an, anne, onne; an, ane, auen, aune; auen, aune; enne, onen, onenen; en, an, ane; won, von, wone; on, one; an; an, ane
    • English: one, an, a, yan (dialectal)
    • Geordie English: yen
    • Scots: ane, wan, yin, ae
    • Yola: oan, own, ane
• Old Frisian: ēn, ān; een
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum:

    Föhr: een m, ian f or n

    Amrum: ään m, ian f or n

    Goesharde:

    Hoolmer: åån m, iin f or n

    Hoorninger: aan m, iin f or n

    Halligen: aon m, ian f or n

    Heligoland: iaan, jaan

    Mooring: ån m, iinj f or n

    Sylt: jen

    Wiedingharde: oan m, iin f or n

  • Saterland Frisian: aan m, een f or n
  • West Frisian: ien
• Old Saxon: ēn
  • Middle Low German: ên, ein
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: een (Hamburgisch)
      • Westphalian:

        Lippisch: eun

        Ravensbergisch: åine

        Sauerländisch: ên

        Westmünsterländisch: een, eene, ne

    • Plautdietsch: een
• Old Dutch: ēn
  • Middle Dutch: êen
    • Dutch: een
      • Afrikaans: een, 'n
    • West Flemish: ien, jin
  • Limburgish: ein
• Old High German: ein, ain
  • Middle High German: ein
    • Alemannic German: ain, äin, a, an, en
    • Bavarian: a

      Cimbrian: a, an (“a, an”); òan, umm (“one”)

      Mòcheno: a (“a, an”); oa' (“one”)

    • Central Franconian: ne (Ripuarian)

      Ripuarian: ne

    • East Central German: ä, e
    • German: ein
    • Luxembourgish: een
    • Rhine Franconian: e (Hessian)
    • Yiddish: איין (eyn), אַ (a), אַן (an)