Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/iʀ
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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 *iz.
Pronoun
[edit]*iʀ[1]
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *iʀ (irregular)
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *iʀ | *sī/si(j)u | *sī/si(j)u | *sī/si(j)u | *it | *sī/si(j)u |
| Accusative | *inā | *sī/si(j)u | *sī/si(j)u | *sī/si(j)u | *it | *sī/si(j)u |
| Genitive | *es | *eʀō | *eʀu | *eʀō | *es | *eʀō |
| Dative | *imai? | *im | *eʀu(i?) | *im | *imai? | *im |
| Instrumental | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: ī- (“self; same”, prefix)
- Old Frisian: -er, -ere
- Old High German: ēr
- Middle High German: ër
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 124: “*iz”