Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/finnā
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Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *finnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pi-n-h₂-néh₂, suffixed nasal-infix of *(s)peyh₂-. Cognate with Latin pinna (“fin”).[1]
Noun edit
*finnā f
Inflection edit
ōn-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *finnā | |
Genitive | *finnōn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *finnā | *finnōn |
Accusative | *finnōn | *finnōn |
Genitive | *finnōn | *finnōnō |
Dative | *finnōn | *finnōm, *finnum |
Instrumental | *finnōn | *finnōm, *finnum |
Alternative reconstructions edit
- *finnu, *finā, *finu
Descendants edit
- Old English: finn m, fin
- Old Frisian: *finne (possibly attested in derivative finnich (adj))
- Old Saxon: *finna
- Old Dutch: *finna
References edit
- ^ Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (2017) “pfin”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (in German), volume VI: mâda - pûzza, Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 1425