Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ain

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 *ainaz.

Adjective

Proto-West Germanic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *ain

*ain

1. one

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*ain
Genitive	*ainas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ain	*ainu	*ain
Accusative	*ainanā	*ainā	*ain
Genitive	*ainas	*aineʀā	*ainas
Dative	*ainumē	*aineʀē	*ainumē
Instrumental	*ainu	*aineʀu	*ainu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ainē	*ainō	*ainu
Accusative	*ainā	*ainā	*ainu
Genitive	*aineʀō	*aineʀō	*aineʀō
Dative	*ainēm, *ainum	*ainēm, *ainum	*ainēm, *ainum
Instrumental	*ainēm, *ainum	*ainēm, *ainum	*ainēm, *ainum

Derived terms

• *ainēn
• *ainijan
• *ainōn

Descendants

• Old English: ān
  • Middle English: oon, on, one, oen, oune, hon, none, an, anne, onne, an, ane, auen, aune (Northern), auen, aune (north Midland), enne, onen, onenen (Kent), en, an, ane (Early Middle English), won, von, wone (Late Middle English), on, one, an (Northern), an, ane (Early Middle English)
    • English: one, an, a, yan (dialectal)
    • Geordie English: yen
    • Scots: ane, wan, yin, ae
    • Yola: oan, own, ane
• Old Frisian: ēn, ān, een
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum:

    Föhr: een m, ian f or n

    Amrum: ään m, ian f or n

    Goesharde:

    Hoolmer: åån m, iin f or n

    Hoorninger: aan m, iin f or n

    Halligen: aon m, ian f or n

    Heligoland: iaan, jaan

    Mooring: ån m, iinj f or n

    Sylt: jen

    Wiedingharde: oan m, iin f or n

  • Saterland Frisian: aan m, een f or n
  • West Frisian: ien
• Old Saxon: ēn
  • Middle Low German: ên, ein
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: een (Hamburgisch)
      • Westphalian:

        Lippisch: eun

        Ravensbergisch: åine

        Sauerländisch: ên

        Westmünsterländisch: een, eene, ne

    • Plautdietsch: een
• Old Dutch: ēn
  • Middle Dutch: êen
    • Dutch: een
      • Afrikaans: een, 'n
    • West Flemish: ien, jin
  • Limburgish: ein
• Old High German: ein, ain
  • Middle High German: ein
    • Alemannic German: ain, äin, a, an, en
    • Bavarian: a

      Cimbrian: a, an (“a, an”); òan, umm (“one”)

      Mòcheno: a (“a, an”); oa' (“one”)

    • Central Franconian: een, ein (Kölsch; Westerwald), ään (eastern Moselle Franconian)
      • Hunsrik: een
      • Luxembourgish: een
    • East Central German: ä, e
    • German: ein
    • Rhine Franconian: e (Hessian)
    • Yiddish: איין (eyn), אַ (a), אַן (an)