Category:Proto-West Germanic ja-stem nouns
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Proto-West Germanic ja-stem nouns.
These nouns are masculine or neuter, typically with the following endings:
- in the nominative singular: -ī after a heavy root, -i after a light root;
- in the genitive singular: -ijas after a heavy root, -jas with West Germanic gemination after a light root;
- in the nominative plural: when masculine, -ijō or -ijōs after a heavy root, -jō or -jōs with West Germanic gemination after a light root; when neuter, -iju after a heavy root, -ju with West Germanic gemination after a light root.
The stem classes are named from the perspective of Proto-Germanic and may not still be visible in Proto-West Germanic inflections. In Proto-Germanic, the endings were the same as that of the a-stems, but later sound changes caused the two classes to diverge.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
M
- Proto-West Germanic masculine ja-stem nouns (0 c, 73 e)
N
- Proto-West Germanic neuter ja-stem nouns (0 c, 77 e)