Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/finnā
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *finnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pi-n-h₂-néh₂, suffixed nasal-infix of *(s)peyh₂-. Cognate with Latin pinna (“fin”).[1]
Noun[edit]
*finnā f
Inflection[edit]
ōn-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *finnā | |
Genitive | *finnōn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *finnā | *finnōn |
Accusative | *finnōn | *finnōn |
Genitive | *finnōn | *finnōnō |
Dative | *finnōn | *finnōm, *finnum |
Instrumental | *finnōn | *finnōm, *finnum |
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
- *finnu, *finā, *finu
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: finn m, fin
- Old Frisian: *finne (possibly attested in derivative finnich (adj))
- Old Saxon: *finna
- Old Dutch: *finna
References[edit]
- ^ Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (2017) “pfin”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (in German), volume VI: mâda - pûzza, Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 1425
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- Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic nouns
- Proto-West Germanic feminine nouns
- gmw-pro:Animal body parts
- Proto-West Germanic ōn-stem nouns