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Category:Proto-West Germanic ī/-stem nouns

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Proto-West Germanic ī/-stem nouns.

These nouns are feminine, typically with the following endings:

  • in the nominative singular: ;
  • in the genitive singular: -ijā after a heavy root, -jā with West Germanic gemination after a light root;
  • in the nominative plural: -ijō after a heavy root, -jō with West Germanic gemination after a light root.

The stem classes are named from the perspective of Proto-Germanic and may not still be visible in Proto-West Germanic inflections.