Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unciju

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 Latin uncia. Parallel borrowing with Old Norse unzia, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌾𐌰 (unkja).

Noun

*unciju f

1. ounce
2. unit of money

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*unciju
Genitive	*uncijā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*unciju	*uncijō
Accusative	*uncijā	*uncijā
Genitive	*uncijā	*uncijō
Dative	*uncijē	*uncijōm, *uncijum
Instrumental	*unciju	*uncijōm, *uncijum

Descendants

• Old English: ynċe m, yndse, yntse f
  • Middle English: ynche, ench, enche, inch, inche, neynche, ninche, unch, unche, ynch
    • English: inch (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: inch
• Old Frisian: enze, ense, einse
  • West Frisian: ûns
• Old Saxon: *uncia, *unzia
  • Middle Low German: unse, unze, untze
    • German Low German: Oons, Oos
• Old Dutch: *unca
  • Middle Dutch: once, onse, unce, unse, unx
    • Dutch: ons
• Old High German: unza
  • Middle High German: unze, unz
    • German: Unze
  • Yiddish: אונץ (unts)