Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/iʀ
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *iz.
Pronoun
edit*iʀ[1]
Inflection
editDeclension of *iʀ (irregular)
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *iʀ | *sī/si(j)u | *sī/si(j)u | *sī/si(j)u | *it | *sī/si(j)u |
Accusative | *inā | *sī/si(j)u | *sī/si(j)u | *sī/si(j)u | *it | *sī/si(j)u |
Genitive | *es | *eʀō | *eʀu | *eʀō | *es | *eʀō |
Dative | *imai? | *im | *eʀu(i?) | *im | *imai? | *im |
Instrumental | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? |
Descendants
edit- Old English: ī- (“self; same”, prefix)
- Old Frisian: -er, -ere
- Old High German: ēr
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 124: “*iz”