Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mirkwī
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *merkuz + *-ī (adjective suffix).
Adjective
[edit]*mirkwī[1]
Inflection
[edit]| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *mirkwī | ||
| Genitive | *mirkwijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *mirkwī | *mirkwiju | *mirkwī |
| Accusative | *mirkwijanā | *mirkwijā | *mirkwī |
| Genitive | *mirkwijas | *mirkwijeʀā | *mirkwijas |
| Dative | *mirkwijumē | *mirkwijeʀē | *mirkwijumē |
| Instrumental | *mirkwiju | *mirkwijeʀu | *mirkwiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *mirkwijē | *mirkwijō | *mirkwiju |
| Accusative | *mirkwijā | *mirkwijā | *mirkwiju |
| Genitive | *mirkwijeʀō | *mirkwijeʀō | *mirkwijeʀō |
| Dative | *mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum | *mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum | *mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum |
| Instrumental | *mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum | *mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum | *mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 215: “PWGmc *mirkwī”