Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þīnaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *téynos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiː.nɑz/

Determiner

*þīnaz

1. your, yours (thy, thine); 2nd person singular possessive

Inflection

Declension of *þīnaz (a-stem, strong only)

Strong declension
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*þīnaz	*þīnō	*þīną, *-at(ō)		*þīnai	*þīnôz	*þīnō
accusative	*þīnanǭ	*þīnǭ	*þīną, *-at(ō)		*þīnanz	*þīnōz	*þīnō
genitive	*þīnas, *þīnis	*þīnaizōz	*þīnas, *þīnis		*þīnaizǫ̂	*þīnaizǫ̂	*þīnaizǫ̂
dative	*þīnammai	*þīnaizōi	*þīnammai		*þīnaimaz	*þīnaimaz	*þīnaimaz
instrumental	*þīnanō	*þīnaizō	*þīnanō		*þīnaimiz	*þīnaimiz	*þīnaimiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þīn
  • Old English: þīn
    • Middle English: þin, þine, þyn, þyne, thin, thine, thyn, thyne, þinne, thyen, theyn, tin, tine, yin
      • English: thine (determiner)
      • ⇒ Middle English: þi, they, thi, thy, ti, ty, þei, þey, þhi, þy, yi, yhi (apocopated variant)
        • English: thy
  • Old Frisian: thīn
    • West Frisian: dyn
  • Old Saxon: thīn
  • Old Dutch: thīn
    • Middle Dutch: dijn
      • Dutch: dijn
      • Limburgish: dien
  • Old High German: dīn, thin
    • Middle High German: dīn
      • Alemannic German: diin, dyn
      • Bavarian: dei
      • Cimbrian: dain, doi (Luserna)
      • German: dein
      • Hunsrik: dein
      • Luxembourgish: däin
      • Yiddish: דײַן (dayn)
• Old Norse: þínn, þinn
  • Icelandic: þinn, þín
  • Faroese: tín
  • Norwegian: din
  • Old Swedish: þīn
    • Swedish: din
  • Danish: din
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þeins)

See also

Proto-Germanic personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	dative/instr		possessive
singular	first person	*ek (unstressed *ik)	*mek (unstressed *mik)	*miz		*mīnaz
	second person	*þū	*þek (unstressed *þik)	*þiz		*þīnaz
dual	first person	*wet (unstressed *wit)	*unk	*unkiz		*unkeraz
	second person	*jut, *jit	*inkw	*inkwiz		*inkweraz
plural	first person	*wīz (unstressed *wiz)	*uns	*unsiz		*unseraz
	second person	*jūz, *jīz	*izwiz	*izwiz		*izweraz
reflexive		(*se-)	*sek (unstressed *sik)	*siz		*sīnaz