Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jugunþi

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 *jugunþiz.

Noun

*jugunþi f

1. youth

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*jugunþi
Genitive	*jugunþī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*jugunþi	*jugunþī
Accusative	*jugunþi	*jugunþī
Genitive	*jugunþī	*jugunþijō
Dative	*jugunþī	*jugunþim, *jugunþijum
Instrumental	*jugunþī	*jugunþim, *jugunþijum

Descendants

• Old English: ġeoguþ
  • Middle English: youthe
    • English: youth (obsolete yought)
    • Middle Scots: ȝouthe, ȝouth, ȝowth, ȝewth, youth
      • Scots: youth
• Old Frisian: jogethe
  • Saterland Frisian: Juugd
  • West Frisian: jeugd
• Old Saxon: juguth, jugud
  • Middle Low German: jōged
    • German Low German: Jöögd
• Old Dutch: *juguth, iuginde
  • Middle Dutch: jōghet, jōgede
    • Dutch: jeugd
• Old High German: jugund
  • Middle High German: jugent
    • German: Jugend
    • Luxembourgish: Jugend
    • Yiddish: יוגנט (yugnt)