Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-inī

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

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Etymology

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From a Pre-Germanic proterokinetic compound suffix *-én-ih₂ ~ *-n̥-yéh₂-. Compare Proto-Slavic *-yni.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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*-inī f[1]

  1. Forms nouns indicating a female individual.

Inflection

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The suffix appears to have ablauted between *-inī in the nominative and *-unjō- in the rest of the paradigm.[1]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Proto-West Germanic: *-ini
    • Old English: -en
      • Middle English: -en
        • English: -en (fossilised, non-productive)
    • Old Frisian:
    • Old Saxon: -ina, -unnia
    • Old Dutch: -inna
    • Old High German: -in, -inna
  • Old Norse: -ynja (extended to ōn-stem, rare)
  • Gothic: -𐌹𐌽𐌹 (-ini)

Further reading

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Johnsen, Sverre (2005) The Germanic (i)jō-stem declension: Origin and development (PhD thesis)[1], Oslo: University of Oslo