Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ōdaz
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos.
Suffix
[edit]*-ōdaz
- Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *-ōdaz (a-stem)
Strong declension | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *-ōdaz | *-ōdai | *-ōdō | *-ōdôz | *-ōdą, -atō | *-ōdō |
Accusative | *-ōdanǭ | *-ōdanz | *-ōdǭ | *-ōdōz | *-ōdą, -atō | *-ōdō |
Genitive | *-ōdas, -is | *-ōdaizǫ̂ | *-ōdaizōz | *-ōdaizǫ̂ | *-ōdas, -is | *-ōdaizǫ̂ |
Dative | *-ōdammai | *-ōdaimaz | *-ōdaizōi | *-ōdaimaz | *-ōdammai | *-ōdaimaz |
Instrumental | *-ōdanō | *-ōdaimiz | *-ōdaizō | *-ōdaimiz | *-ōdanō | *-ōdaimiz |
Weak declension | ||||||
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *-ōdô | *-ōdaniz | *-ōdǭ | *-ōdōniz | *-ōdô | *-ōdōnō |
Accusative | *-ōdanų | *-ōdanunz | *-ōdōnų | *-ōdōnunz | *-ōdô | *-ōdōnō |
Genitive | *-ōdiniz | *-ōdanǫ̂ | *-ōdōniz | *-ōdōnǫ̂ | *-ōdiniz | *-ōdanǫ̂ |
Dative | *-ōdini | *-ōdammaz | *-ōdōni | *-ōdōmaz | *-ōdini | *-ōdammaz |
Instrumental | *-ōdinē | *-ōdammiz | *-ōdōnē | *-ōdōmiz | *-ōdinē | *-ōdammiz |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Although not directly related to the past participle of class 2 weak verbs, its resemblance caused it to be treated as one in many of the descendant languages. In particular, throughout West Germanic, the prefix *ga- came to be affixed to words with this suffix as well.