Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wunnju
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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 *wunjō.
Noun
[edit]*wunnju f[1]
Inflection
[edit]| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *wunnju | |
| Genitive | *wunnjā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wunnju | *wunnjō |
| Accusative | *wunnjā | *wunnjā |
| Genitive | *wunnjā | *wunnjō |
| Dative | *wunnjē | *wunnjōm, *wunnjum |
| Instrumental | *wunnju | *wunnjōm, *wunnjum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: wynn, wyn
- Old Saxon: wunnia
- Old Dutch: *wunna, *winna (attested in winnemānōth)
- Old High German: wunnja, wunna, wunnī
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223: “PWGmc *wunʲnʲu”