Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/iz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ís, *éy.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
*iz
Inflection
Declension of *iz (irregular)
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *iz | *īz | *sī | *ijôz | *it | *ijō |
Accusative | *inǭ | *inz | *ijǭ | *ijōz | *it | *ijō |
Genitive | *es | *ezǫ̂ | *ezōz | *ezǫ̂ | *es | *ezǫ̂ |
Dative | *immai | *imaz | *ezōi | *imaz | *immai | *imaz |
Instrumental | *inō | *imiz | *ezō | *imiz | *inō | *imiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *iʀ
- Old English: ī- (“self; same”, prefix)
- Old Frisian: -er, -ere
- Old High German: ēr
- Old Norse: es, er
- Old Swedish: ær
- Gothic: 𐌹𐍃 (is)
- Crimean Gothic: ies
- From inflected forms
Nominative
- *sī (singular feminine) (< *sih₂)
- *it (singular neuter) (< *íd) (see there for further descendants)
- *īz (plural masculine) (< *éyes)
- *ijôz (plural feminine) (< *íh₂es)
- *ijō (plural neuter) (< *íh₂)
Accusative
- *inǭ (singular masculine) (< *ím)
- *ijǭ (singular feminine) (< [Term?])
- *it (singular neuter) (< *íd) (see there for further descendants)
- *inz (plural masculine) (< *íns)
- *ijōz (plural feminine) (< [Term?])
- *ijō (plural neuter) (< *íh₂)
Genitive
- *es (singular masculine, singular neuter) (< *ésyo)
- *ezōz (singular feminine) (< *ésyeh₂s)
- *ezǫ̂ (plural, all genders) (< *éysom)
Dative
- *immai (singular masculine, singular neuter) (< *ésmey)
- *ezōi (singular feminine) (< *ésyeh₂ey)
- *imaz (plural, all genders) (< [Term?])