Frenchin

Old High German

Etymology

From Franko (“Frank”) +‎ -in (fem. suffix) (from Proto-West Germanic *-ini)

Proper noun

Frenchin f

(Bavaria) a female given name, equivalent to German Fränkin

Declension

declension of Frenchin (feminine i-/jō-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	Frenchin	Frenchinnā
accusative	Frenchinna, Frenchinne	Frenchinnā
genitive	Frenchinna	Frenchinnōno
dative	Frenchinnu	Frenchinnōn, Frenchinnōm

The nominative singular of the jō-stems (Proto-West Germanic *-ī) was uninflected like the ō-stems; instead, the accusative form usually took its place. The old nominative singular is preserved in fem. personal names, and in the derivatives ending in *-inī and *-unjō.^[1]

References

^ Schatz, Josef, 1871-1950 (1907) Altbairische Grammatik, Laut- und Flexionslehre (Grammatiken der althochdeutschen Dialekte; I. Band.) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, pages 125-126

[1] Schatz, Josef, 1871-1950 (1907) Altbairische Grammatik, Laut- und Flexionslehre (Grammatiken der althochdeutschen Dialekte; I. Band.) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, pages 125-126

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