Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jung

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jungaz.

Adjective

*jung (comparative *jungiʀō, superlative *jungist)

1. young

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*jung
Genitive	*jungas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*jung	*jungu	*jung
Accusative	*junganā	*jungā	*jung
Genitive	*jungas	*jungeʀā	*jungas
Dative	*jungumē	*jungeʀē	*jungumē
Instrumental	*jungu	*jungeʀu	*jungu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*jungē	*jungō	*jungu
Accusative	*jungā	*jungā	*jungu
Genitive	*jungeʀō	*jungeʀō	*jungeʀō
Dative	*jungēm, *jungum	*jungēm, *jungum	*jungēm, *jungum
Instrumental	*jungēm, *jungum	*jungēm, *jungum	*jungēm, *jungum

Derived terms

• *jungēn
• *jungijan

Descendants

• Old English: ġeong, ġing, ġiong, ġiung, ġung, iong, iung, ġeng
  • Middle English: yong
    • English: young
    • Scots: young
• Old Frisian: jung
  • Saterland Frisian: jung, junk
  • West Frisian: jong
• Old Saxon: jung
  • Middle Low German: junk
    • Low German: jung
    • → Polabian: jungĕ
• Old Dutch: junc
  • Middle Dutch: jonc
    • Dutch: jong
      • Afrikaans: jonk
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: junggu
      • Negerhollands: jun
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: jungu
      • → Papiamentu: yòn, jonk
      • → Saramaccan: njonku
    • Limburgish: jong, jonk
• Old High German: jung
  • Middle High German: junc
    • Alemannic German: jung, jungu, jungà, junhs, jòng
    • Bavarian: junk

      Cimbrian: jung, djung, junk

      Mòcheno: jung

    • Central Franconian: jonk

      Hunsrik: jung

      Luxembourgish: jonk

    • German: jung
    • Pennsylvania German: jung
    • Vilamovian: jung
    • Yiddish: יונג (yung)