Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mīn

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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 *mīnaz.

Determiner[edit]

*mīn[1]

  1. my, mine

Inflection[edit]

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *mīn
Genitive *mīnas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *mīn *mīnu *mīn
Accusative *mīnanā *mīnā *mīn
Genitive *mīnas *mīneʀā *mīnas
Dative *mīnumē *mīneʀē *mīnumē
Instrumental *mīnu *mīneʀu *mīnu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *mīnē *mīnō *mīnu
Accusative *mīnā *mīnā *mīnu
Genitive *mīneʀō *mīneʀō *mīneʀō
Dative *mīnēm, *mīnum *mīnēm, *mīnum *mīnēm, *mīnum
Instrumental *mīnēm, *mīnum *mīnēm, *mīnum *mīnēm, *mīnum

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: mīn
  • Old Frisian: mīn
    • North Frisian: man
    • Saterland Frisian: min, mien
    • West Frisian: myn
  • Old Saxon: mīn
    • Middle Low German: mīn
      • German Low German: mien
  • Old Dutch: mīn
  • Old High German: mīn

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125:*mīn