Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/warmnassī

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 *warm +‎ *-nassī.

Noun

*warmnassī f

1. warmness, warmth

   Synonyms: *warmī, *warmiþu

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*warmnassī
Genitive	*warmnassīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*warmnassī	—
Accusative	*warmnassīn	—
Genitive	*warmnassīn	—
Dative	*warmnassīn	—
Instrumental	*warmnassīn	—

Alternative reconstructions

• *warmīnassī, *warminassī

Descendants

• Old English: wearmnes
  • Middle English: warmnesse
    • English: warmness
    • Scots: warmnes
• Old Frisian: *warmnisse, *warmense
  • West Frisian: waarmens
• Old Saxon: *werminessi
  • Middle Low German: wermenisse
    • German Low German: Warmnis, Warms
• Old Dutch: *warminissi
  • Middle Dutch: *warmenesse
    • Dutch: warmenesse, warmnis (dialectal)