Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mīn

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 *mīnaz.

Determiner edit

*mīn[1]

  1. my, mine

Inflection edit

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *mīn
Genitive *mīnas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *mīn *mīnu *mīn
Accusative *mīnanā *mīnā *mīn
Genitive *mīnas *mīneʀā *mīnas
Dative *mīnumē *mīneʀē *mīnumē
Instrumental *mīnu *mīneʀu *mīnu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *mīnē *mīnō *mīnu
Accusative *mīnā *mīnā *mīnu
Genitive *mīneʀō *mīneʀō *mīneʀō
Dative *mīnēm, *mīnum *mīnēm, *mīnum *mīnēm, *mīnum
Instrumental *mīnēm, *mīnum *mīnēm, *mīnum *mīnēm, *mīnum

Descendants edit

  • Old English: mīn
  • Old Frisian: mīn
    • North Frisian: man
    • Saterland Frisian: min, mien
    • West Frisian: myn
  • Old Saxon: mīn
    • Middle Low German: mīn
      • German Low German: mien
  • Old Dutch: mīn
  • Old High German: mīn

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 125: “*mīn”