Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/finnā

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 *finnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pi-n-h₂-néh₂, suffixed nasal-infix of *(s)peyh₂-. Cognate with Latin pinna (“fin”).^[1]

Noun

*finnā f

fin

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*finnā
Genitive	*finnōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*finnā	*finnōn
Accusative	*finnōn	*finnōn
Genitive	*finnōn	*finnōnō
Dative	*finnōn	finnōm, finnum
Instrumental	*finnōn	finnōm, finnum

Alternative reconstructions

*finnu, *finā, *finu

Descendants

Old English: finn m
- Middle English: finne, fynne, fyn
  - Scots: fin, fyn
  - English: fin
Old Frisian: *finne (possibly attested in derivative finnich (adj))
- Saterland Frisian: Finne f
- West Frisian: fin
Old Saxon: *finna
- Middle Low German: vinne f
  - German Low German: Finne, Finn
    - → German: Finne
  - → Danish: finne
  - → Norwegian: finne
Old Dutch: *finna
- Middle Dutch: vinne
  - Dutch: vin
    - Afrikaans: vin

References

^ Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (2017) “pfin”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (in German), volume VI: mâda - pûzza, Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 1425

[1] Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (2017) “pfin”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (in German), volume VI: mâda - pûzza, Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 1425

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