Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/-īniz
Latest comment: 8 years ago by Anglom in topic Old Norse
Old Norse[edit]
There are a few relic nouns ending in -n that correspond very closely with what we would expect as reflexes from *-īniz nouns. There is a very interesting problem though, that the Old Norse words lack i-umlaut, and show u-umlaut, meaning the suffix apparently was remodeled as or replaced by *-nō at some point in North Germanic. Anglom (talk) 18:40, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
- There's a general tendency in Old Norse to mix i-stems and ō-stems in at least some of the forms. For example, there are also some ō-stem nouns that acquired i-stem plural forms. —CodeCat 18:42, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
- Ah. I see that now. I was about to correct myself, as it seems lausn inflects as in i-stem. Anglom (talk) 18:45, 21 October 2015 (UTC)