Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þridjô

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 Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós, *tritós, ordinal form of *tréyes.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθrið.jɔːː/

Adjective

Proto-Germanic ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *þrīz
    Ordinal : *þridjô
    Multiplier : *þrifalþaz
    Prefix : *þri-

*þridjô

  1. third

Inflection

Declension of *þridjô (an/īn-stem)
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *þridjô *þridį̄ *þridjô *þridjaniz *þridīniz *þridjōnō
accusative *þridjanų *þridīnų *þridjô *þridjanunz *þridīnunz *þridjōnō
genitive *þridiniz *þridīniz *þridiniz *þridjanǫ̂ *þridīnǫ̂ *þridjanǫ̂
dative *þridini *þridīni *þridini *þridjammaz *þridīmaz *þridjammaz
instrumental *þridinē *þridīnē *þridinē *þridjammiz *þridīmiz *þridjammiz

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þridjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 547