Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jugunþiz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *juwunþiz (possibly influenced in form by *dugunþō), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yu-Hn̥-tí-s, from *h₂yéwHō (“young”). Compare Sanskrit युवति (yuvatí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈju.ɣun.θiz/

Noun

*jugunþiz f

1. (West Germanic) the state of being young; youth

Inflection

Declension of *jugunþiz (i-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*jugunþiz	*jugunþīz
vocative	*jugunþi	*jugunþīz
accusative	*jugunþį	*jugunþinz
genitive	*jugunþīz	*jugunþijǫ̂
dative	*jugunþī	*jugunþimaz
instrumental	*jugunþī	*jugunþimiz

Alternative reconstructions

• *ju(w)unþiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *jugunþi
  • Old English: ġeoguþ
    • Middle English: youthe
      • English: youth (obsolete yought)
      • Middle Scots: ȝouthe, ȝouth, ȝowth, ȝewth, youth
        • Scots: youth
  • Old Frisian: jogethe
    • Saterland Frisian: Juugd
    • West Frisian: jeugd
  • Old Saxon: juguth, jugud
    • Middle Low German: jōged
      • German Low German: Jöögd
  • Old Dutch: *jugith, jugint
    • Middle Dutch: jōghet, jōgede
      • Dutch: jeugd
  • Old High German: jugund
    • Middle High German: jugent
      • German: Jugend
      • Luxembourgish: Jugend
      • Yiddish: יוגנט (yugnt)