Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jungiʀō

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 *jungizô. Equivalent to *jung (“young”) +‎ *-iʀō. Cognate with Old Norse yngri (“younger”).

Adjective

*jungiʀō^[1]

comparative degree of *jung (“young”): younger

Inflection

n-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*jungiʀō
Genitive	jungiʀini, jungiʀan
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*jungiʀō	*jungiʀā	*jungiʀā
Accusative	*jungiʀan	*jungiʀōn	*jungiʀā
Genitive	jungiʀini, jungiʀan	*jungiʀōn	jungiʀini, jungiʀan
Dative	jungiʀini, jungiʀan	*jungiʀōn	jungiʀini, jungiʀan
Instrumental	jungiʀini, jungiʀan	*jungiʀōn	jungiʀini, jungiʀan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*jungiʀan	*jungiʀōn	*jungiʀōn
Accusative	*jungiʀan	*jungiʀōn	*jungiʀōn
Genitive	*jungiʀanō	*jungiʀōnō	*jungiʀanō
Dative	*jungiʀum	jungiʀōm, jungiʀum	*jungiʀum
Instrumental	*jungiʀum	jungiʀōm, jungiʀum	*jungiʀum

Alternative reconstructions

*jų̄hiʀō^[1]

Descendants

Old English: ġingra
- Middle English: yongere, yonger, yongur, yonker, yungur, yungger, ȝongore, ȝongor, ȝunngre, gingre
  - Middle English: younger
Old Frisian: jungera
Old Saxon: jungaro, jungro
Old Dutch: *jungiro
- Middle Low German: jonger
  - Dutch: jonger
Old High German: jūgiro, jungiro, jungoro
- Middle High German: junger
  - German: jünger

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225: “PWGmc *jų̄hizō ~ *jungizō”

[DOE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225: “PWGmc *jų̄hizō ~ *jungizō”

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