Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/framiþī

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *framaþiz. The reason for the change of the second-syllable vowel from *a to *i is unknown.

Adjective edit

*framiþī[1]

  1. foreign, strange

Inflection edit

ja-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *framiþī
Genitive *framiþijas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *framiþī *framiþiju *framiþī
Accusative *framiþijanā *framiþijā *framiþī
Genitive *framiþijas *framiþijeʀā *framiþijas
Dative *framiþijumē *framiþijeʀē *framiþijumē
Instrumental *framiþiju *framiþijeʀu *framiþiju
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *framiþijē *framiþijō *framiþiju
Accusative *framiþijā *framiþijā *framiþiju
Genitive *framiþijeʀō *framiþijeʀō *framiþijeʀō
Dative *framiþijēm, *framiþijum *framiþijēm, *framiþijum *framiþijēm, *framiþijum
Instrumental *framiþijēm, *framiþijum *framiþijēm, *framiþijum *framiþijēm, *framiþijum

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 277:PWGmc *framiþī