Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/manniskaz
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
*manniskaz
Inflection edit
Declension of *manniskaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *manniskaz | *manniskai | *manniskō | *manniskôz | *manniską, -atō | *manniskō |
| Accusative | *manniskanǭ | *manniskanz | *manniskǭ | *manniskōz | *manniską, -atō | *manniskō |
| Genitive | *manniskas, -is | *manniskaizǫ̂ | *manniskaizōz | *manniskaizǫ̂ | *manniskas, -is | *manniskaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *manniskammai | *manniskaimaz | *manniskaizōi | *manniskaimaz | *manniskammai | *manniskaimaz |
| Instrumental | *manniskanō | *manniskaimiz | *manniskaizō | *manniskaimiz | *manniskanō | *manniskaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *manniskô | *manniskaniz | *manniskǭ | *manniskōniz | *manniskô | *manniskōnō |
| Accusative | *manniskanų | *manniskanunz | *manniskōnų | *manniskōnunz | *manniskô | *manniskōnō |
| Genitive | *manniskiniz | *manniskanǫ̂ | *manniskōniz | *manniskōnǫ̂ | *manniskiniz | *manniskanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *manniskini | *manniskammaz | *manniskōni | *manniskōmaz | *manniskini | *manniskammaz |
| Instrumental | *manniskinē | *manniskammiz | *manniskōnē | *manniskōmiz | *manniskinē | *manniskammiz |
Descendants edit
In several daughter languages, this word only survives as a substantivised form of the weak declension. In Proto-Germanic, this would have originally meant 'he who/that which is human'.