Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ulīn

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 *-ul +‎ *-īn.

Suffix

*-ulīn n

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

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*-ulīn
Genitive	*-ulīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-ulīn	*-ulīnu
Accusative	*-ulīn	*-ulīnu
Genitive	*-ulīnas	*-ulīnō
Dative	*-ulīnē	*-ulīnum
Instrumental	*-ulīnu	*-ulīnum

Alternative reconstructions

• *-ilīn

Synonyms

• *-uling
• *-ukīn

Descendants

• Old Saxon: -ilīn, -līn
  • Middle Low German: -elîn, -elin, -elen, -lîn, -lin, -len
    • German Low German: -lien
• Old Dutch: *-ulīn, *-ilīn
  • Middle Dutch: -elin, -elen, -elijn, -lin, -lijn
    • Dutch: -lijn
• Old High German: -ilīn, -elīn, -ilī
  • Middle High German: -elīn, -līn
    • German: -lein, -ele (dialectal)
    • Alemannic German: -li