Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mīnaz
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pre-Proto-Germanic *mey-no-s, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ ~ *h₁mey, whence also *miz (“me”), + *-nos (adjectival suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]*mīnaz[2]
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *mīnaz (a-stem, strong only)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *mīnaz | *mīnai | *mīnō | *mīnôz | *mīną, *-at(ō) | *mīnō |
| accusative | *mīnanǭ | *mīnanz | *mīnǭ | *mīnōz | *mīną, *-at(ō) | *mīnō |
| genitive | *mīnas, *mīnis | *mīnaizǫ̂ | *mīnaizōz | *mīnaizǫ̂ | *mīnas, *mīnis | *mīnaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *mīnammai | *mīnaimaz | *mīnaizōi | *mīnaimaz | *mīnammai | *mīnaimaz |
| instrumental | *mīnanō | *mīnaimiz | *mīnaizō | *mīnaimiz | *mīnanō | *mīnaimiz |
Proto-Germanic personal pronouns
| singular | first person | second person | reflexive |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ek (unstr. *ik) | *þū | (*se-) |
| accusative | *mek (unstr. *mik) | *þek (unstr. *þik) | *sek (unstr. *sik) |
| dative/instr | *miz | *þiz | *siz |
| possessive | *mīnaz | *þīnaz | *sīnaz |
| dual | first person | second person | reflexive |
| nominative | *wet (unstr. *wit) | *jut, *jit | (*se-) |
| accusative | *unk | *inkw | *sek (unstr. *sik) |
| dative/instr | *unkiz | *inkwiz | *siz |
| possessive | *unkeraz | *inkweraz | *sīnaz |
| plural | first person | second person | reflexive |
| nominative | *wīz (unstr. *wiz) | *jūz, *jīz | (*se-) |
| accusative | *uns | *izwiz | *sek (unstr. *sik) |
| dative/instr | *unsiz | *izwiz | *siz |
| possessive | *unseraz | *izweraz | *sīnaz |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *mīn
- Proto-Norse: *ᛗᛁᚾᚨᛉ (*minaʀ /mīnaʀ/) (attested forms: ᛗᛁᚾᛁᚾᛟ (minino /mīninō/, m. acc. sg.), ᛗᛁᚾᚨᛊ (minas /mīnas/, m. gen. sg.), ᛗᛁᚾᚢ (minu /mīnu/, f. nom. sg.))
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (meins)
- Crimean Gothic: mine
References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*mīna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*mīnaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273