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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Adjective edit

*gamainī[1]

  1. common
  2. shared, communal

Inflection edit

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 edit

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 234: “PWGmc *gamainī”