Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ukīn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Apparently from *-uk +‎ *-īn.

Suffix

*-ukīn n

Used to create diminutive nouns from other nouns, originally diminutives from other diminutives

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*-ukīn
Genitive	*-ukīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-ukīn	*-ukīnu
Accusative	*-ukīn	*-ukīnu
Genitive	*-ukīnas	*-ukīnō
Dative	*-ukīnē	*-ukīnum
Instrumental	*-ukīnu	*-ukīnum

Alternative reconstructions

*-ikīn

Synonyms

*-ulīn

Descendants

Old English: -ċen, -ċin
- Middle English: -chen
Old Frisian: *-ken
- Saterland Frisian: -ken
- West Frisian: -ke
Old Saxon: *-ukīn, *-ikīn
- Middle Low German: -eken
  - German Low German: -ken, -ke
Old Dutch: *-ukīn, *-ikīn, -kīn
- Middle Dutch: -ekin, -eken, -ekijn, -kin, -ken, -kijn
  - Dutch: -kijn, -tje, -ke
  - → Middle English: -kin
    - English: -kin
  - → Middle French: -quin, -quain
    - French: -quin
Old High German: *-uhīn, *-ihīn
- Middle High German: -ichin, -echen
  - German: -chen