Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gamainī

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

From Proto-Germanic *gamainiz +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*gamainī

1. common
2. shared, communal

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*gamainī
Genitive	*gamainijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*gamainī	*gamainiju	*gamainī
Accusative	*gamainijanā	*gamainijā	*gamainī
Genitive	*gamainijas	*gamainijeʀā	*gamainijas
Dative	*gamainijumē	*gamainijeʀē	*gamainijumē
Instrumental	*gamainiju	*gamainijeʀu	*gamainiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*gamainijē	*gamainijō	*gamainiju
Accusative	*gamainijā	*gamainijā	*gamainiju
Genitive	*gamainijeʀō	*gamainijeʀō	*gamainijeʀō
Dative	*gamainijēm, *gamainijum	*gamainijēm, *gamainijum	*gamainijēm, *gamainijum
Instrumental	*gamainijēm, *gamainijum	*gamainijēm, *gamainijum	*gamainijēm, *gamainijum

Derived terms

• *gamainiskapi

Descendants

• Old English: ġemǣne
  • Middle English: ȝemene, imæne, imeane, imene
    • English: mean
    • Scots: mene, mein
• Old Frisian: gemēne
  • Saterland Frisian: gemeen
  • West Frisian: gemien, mien
• Old Saxon: gimēni
  • Middle Low German: gemêne, gemeine, gemên
    • Low German: gemeen
    • → Swedish: gemen
• Old Dutch: *gimēni
  • Middle Dutch: gemêne
    • Dutch: gemeen
      • Afrikaans: gemeen
      • Negerhollands: gemeen
      • Petjo: gemeen
    • Limburgish: gemein
• Old High German: gimeini
  • Middle High German: gemeine
    • German: gemein
    • Luxembourgish: gemeeng
  • ⇒ Old High German: gimeinī (noun)
    • Alemannic German: g'mai
    • Middle High German: gemeine
      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: kamou

        Mòcheno: gamoa'

      • German: Gemeine (archaic)
        • → Polish: gmina
          • → English: gmina
          • → Ukrainian: ґміна (gmina)
      • Luxembourgish: Gemeng