Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grōnī

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 *grōniz +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*grōnī

1. green

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*grōnī
Genitive	*grōnijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*grōnī	*grōniju	*grōnī
Accusative	*grōnijanā	*grōnijā	*grōnī
Genitive	*grōnijas	*grōnijeʀā	*grōnijas
Dative	*grōnijumē	*grōnijeʀē	*grōnijumē
Instrumental	*grōniju	*grōnijeʀu	*grōniju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*grōnijē	*grōnijō	*grōniju
Accusative	*grōnijā	*grōnijā	*grōniju
Genitive	*grōnijeʀō	*grōnijeʀō	*grōnijeʀō
Dative	*grōnijēm, *grōnijum	*grōnijēm, *grōnijum	*grōnijēm, *grōnijum
Instrumental	*grōnijēm, *grōnijum	*grōnijēm, *grōnijum	*grōnijēm, *grōnijum

Derived terms

• *grōnēn
• *grōnijan
• *ungrōnī

Related terms

• *grōan

Descendants

• Old English: grēne, grœ̄ne, grœ̄ni
  • Middle English: grene, greene
    • English: green (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: green
    • Yola: green
• Old Frisian: grēne
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: green

  • Saterland Frisian: gräin
  • West Frisian: grien
• Old Saxon: grōni
  • Middle Low German: grōne, gröne
    • Low German: grön, gröön, green
    • Plautdietsch: jreen
    • → Polabian: grönĕ
• Old Dutch: gruoni
  • Middle Dutch: groene
    • Dutch: groen
      • Afrikaans: groen
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: grun
      • Negerhollands: groen, grun
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: gruin
      • Sranan Tongo: grun
        • Aukan: guun
        • Saramaccan: guúun
    • Limburgish: greun, gruuen
    • West Flemish: groene
• Old High German: gruoni
  • Middle High German: grüene
    • Alemannic German: grüen

      Swabian: grea, grien

      Walser: geriénts, grien, gréén, grün

    • Bavarian: grian, gri͡an (alternative spelling, e.g. Styria); grean (most dialects); grien (Sappada, Sauris), grea

      Apeltonerisch: gria

      Cimbrian: gruan, grümma, grüun

      Mòcheno: grea'

    • Central Franconian: jrön, green, grien

      Hunsrik: grien

      Luxembourgish: gréng

    • East Central German:

      Upper Saxon German:

      Vilamovian: grin

    • East Franconian:
    • German: grün
    • Rhine Franconian: grie, grien, griene

      Frankfurterisch: IPA [kʀĩː]

      Pennsylvania German: grie

    • Yiddish: גרין (grin)

See also

Colors in Proto-West Germanic · *farwō (layout · text)

*blaik, *blank, *hwīt, *blas	*falu, *grāu, *hasu, *grīs, *hair	*blak, *swart
*raud	*brūn, *erp, *dunn/dusn	*gelu
*grōnī	*grōnī
	*blāu	*blāu
*blāu	*purpurā