Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/niwi
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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 *niwjaz.
Adjective
[edit]*niwi (comparative *niwiʀō, superlative *niwist)[1]
Inflection
[edit]| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *niwi | ||
| Genitive | *niuwjas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *niwi | *niuwju | *niwi |
| Accusative | *niuwjanā | *niuwjā | *niwi |
| Genitive | *niuwjas | *niuwjeʀā | *niuwjas |
| Dative | *niuwjumē | *niuwjeʀē | *niuwjumē |
| Instrumental | *niuwju | *niuwjeʀu | *niuwju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *niuwjē | *niuwjō | *niuwju |
| Accusative | *niuwjā | *niuwjā | *niuwju |
| Genitive | *niuwjeʀō | *niuwjeʀō | *niuwjeʀō |
| Dative | *niuwjēm, *niuwjum | *niuwjēm, *niuwjum | *niuwjēm, *niuwjum |
| Instrumental | *niuwjēm, *niuwjum | *niuwjēm, *niuwjum | *niuwjēm, *niuwjum |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: nīewe, nīwe, nēowe, nīowe
- Old Frisian: nīe
- Old Saxon: niuwi
- Old Dutch: niuwi
- Old High German: niuwi, niuwe, niwe, niwi, nuwi
- Middle High German: niuwe, neu, new, newe, niu, niwe, nue, nuge, nuwe, nüewe, núwe, nůw, nůwe
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “PWGmc *niwi”