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

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