Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-g

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

Alternative forms

• *-ag, *-ig, *-īg

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-gaz.

Suffix

*-g

1. Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a sense of being, having, or doing.

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*-g
Genitive	*-gas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*-g	*-gu	*-g
Accusative	*-ganā	*-gā	*-g
Genitive	*-gas	*-geʀā	*-gas
Dative	*-gumē	*-geʀē	*-gumē
Instrumental	*-gu	*-geʀu	*-gu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*-gē	*-gō	*-gu
Accusative	*-gā	*-gā	*-gu
Genitive	*-geʀō	*-geʀō	*-geʀō
Dative	*-gēm, *-gum	*-gēm, *-gum	*-gēm, *-gum
Instrumental	*-gēm, *-gum	*-gēm, *-gum	*-gēm, *-gum

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-g

Descendants

• Old English: -iġ, -iċ, -eġ
  • Middle English: -iȝ, -i, -y, -ich
    • English: -y, -ey, -ie
    • Scots: -ie
• Old Frisian: -ich
  • Saterland Frisian: -ich
  • West Frisian: -ich
• Old Saxon: -ag, -ig
  • Middle Low German: -ig, -ich
    • German Low German: -ig
• Old Dutch: *-ag, -ig
  • Middle Dutch: -ich, -ech
    • Dutch: -ig
• Old High German: -ag, -ig, -īg
  • Middle High German: -ig
    • German: -ig, -ich
    • Yiddish: ־יק (-ik), ־יג (-ig)
    • Luxembourgish: -eg