Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ijaz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Indo-European *-iyós. Cognate with Latin -ius, Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios), Sanskrit -य (-ya).
Suffix
edit*-ijaz
Usage notes
edit- Following a long stem, which has either a long vowel or diphthong, or a short vowel followed by several consonants, the suffix remains *-ijaz, but following a short stem, which consists of a short vowel followed by a single consonant, it becomes *-jaz. This phenomenon is called Sievers's law.
Inflection
editmasculine ja-stemDeclension of *-ijaz (masculine ja-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *-ijaz | *-ijōz, *-ijōs | |
vocative | *-ī | *-ijōz, *-ijōs | |
accusative | *-iją | *-ijanz | |
genitive | *-ijas, *-īs | *-ijǫ̂ | |
dative | *-ijai | *-ijamaz | |
instrumental | *-ijō | *-ijamiz |
Descendants
edit- Proto-Norse: -ᛁᛃᚨᛉ (-ijaʀ)