Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hailagnassī

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 *hailag +‎ *-nassī.

Noun

*hailagnassī f

1. holiness

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hailagnassī
Genitive	*hailagnassīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hailagnassī	—
Accusative	*hailagnassīn	—
Genitive	*hailagnassīn	—
Dative	*hailagnassīn	—
Instrumental	*hailagnassīn	—

Descendants

• Old English: hāliġnes, hāliġnys, hāliġnis
  • Middle English: halinesse, holinesse, holynesse
    • English: holiness
    • Scots: halynes, halines
• Old Frisian: *hēlgnis, *hēlichnis
  • West Frisian: hilligens
• Old High German: heilagnissi, heilagnissī, heilīgnissi, heilīgnissī
  • Middle High German: heilignis