Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ini

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-inī.

Suffix

*-ini f

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
2. Forms nouns indicating a female individual.

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*-ini
Genitive	*-unnjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-ini	*-unnjō
Accusative	*-unnjā	*-unnjā
Genitive	*-unnjā	*-unnjō
Dative	*-unnjē	*-unnjōm, *-unnjum
Instrumental	*-unnju	*-unnjōm, *-unnjum

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-ini

Descendants

• Old English: -en
  • Middle English: -en
    • English: -en (fossilised, non-productive)
• Old Frisian:
  • West Frisian: -inne
  • North Frisian: -in
• Old Saxon: -ina, -unnia
  • Middle Low German: -inne, -in
    • Low German: -in
    • → Old Norse: -inna
      • Norwegian:
        • Norwegian Bokmål: -inne
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: -inne
      • Old Danish: -inne
        • Danish: -inde
      • Old Swedish: -inna
        • Swedish: -inna
        • → Finnish: -inna
• Old Dutch: -inna
  • Middle Dutch: -inne
    • Dutch: -in
      • Afrikaans: -in
    • Limburgish: -in
• Old High German: -in, -inna
  • Middle High German: -īn, -inne
    • German: -in
    • Alemannic German: -in