Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-wintruz
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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
editEtymology
editDerived from the noun *wintruz (“winter, year”).
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit*-wintruz
Usage notes
edit- Adjectives with this suffix were used both attributively (*twalifwintruz maguz = “twelve-year-old boy”) and predicatively (*maguz twalifwintruz isti = “the boy is twelve years old”).
Declension
editDeclension of *-wintruz (u-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *-wintruz | *-wintrijai | *-wintrī | *-wintrijôz | *-wintrų, *-jatō | *-wintrijō |
| accusative | *-wintrijanǭ | *-wintrijanz | *-wintrijǭ | *-wintrijōz | *-wintrų, *-jatō | *-wintrijō |
| genitive | *-wintrijas, *-wintrīs | *-wintrijaizǫ̂ | *-wintrijaizōz | *-wintrijaizǫ̂ | *-wintrijas, *-wintrīs | *-wintrijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *-wintrijammai | *-wintrijaimaz | *-wintrijaizōi | *-wintrijaimaz | *-wintrijammai | *-wintrijaimaz |
| instrumental | *-wintrijanō | *-wintrijaimiz | *-wintrijaizō | *-wintrijaimiz | *-wintrijanō | *-wintrijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *-wintrijô | *-wintrijaniz | *-wintrijǭ | *-wintrijōniz | *-wintrijô | *-wintrijōnō |
| accusative | *-wintrijanų | *-wintrijanunz | *-wintrijōnų | *-wintrijōnunz | *-wintrijô | *-wintrijōnō |
| genitive | *-wintrīniz | *-wintrijanǫ̂ | *-wintrijōniz | *-wintrijōnǫ̂ | *-wintrīniz | *-wintrijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *-wintrīni | *-wintrijammaz | *-wintrijōni | *-wintrijōmaz | *-wintrīni | *-wintrijammaz |
| instrumental | *-wintrīnē | *-wintrijammiz | *-wintrijōnē | *-wintrijōmiz | *-wintrīnē | *-wintrijammiz |