Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-īnaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos. Cognate with Latin -īnus, Ancient Greek -ινος (-inos), Proto-Slavic *-inъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iː.nɑz/

Adjective

*-īnaz

  1. -en. Originally forming adjectives of material from nouns, meaning 'made of (noun)'; either later in proto-Germanic proper or a subsequent development in pre-Germanic expanding to also form adjectives or nominalised adjectives pertaining to a thing, as in ‘characteristic of (noun)’.

Inflection

Declension of *-īnaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *-īnaz *-īnō *-īną, -atō *-īnai *-īnôz *-īnō
accusative *-īnanǭ *-īnǭ *-īną, -atō *-īnanz *-īnōz *-īnō
genitive *-īnas, -is *-īnaizōz *-īnas, -is *-īnaizǫ̂ *-īnaizǫ̂ *-īnaizǫ̂
dative *-īnammai *-īnaizōi *-īnammai *-īnaimaz *-īnaimaz *-īnaimaz
instrumental *-īnanō *-īnaizō *-īnanō *-īnaimiz *-īnaimiz *-īnaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *-īnô *-īnǭ *-īnô *-īnaniz *-īnōniz *-īnōnō
accusative *-īnanų *-īnōnų *-īnô *-īnanunz *-īnōnunz *-īnōnō
genitive *-īniniz *-īnōniz *-īniniz *-īnanǫ̂ *-īnōnǫ̂ *-īnanǫ̂
dative *-īnini *-īnōni *-īnini *-īnammaz *-īnōmaz *-īnammaz
instrumental *-īninē *-īnōnē *-īninē *-īnammiz *-īnōmiz *-īnammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *-īn
    • Old English: -en
    • Old Frisian: -en
      • Saterland Frisian: -en
      • West Frisian: -en
    • Old Saxon: -īn
      • Middle Low German: -en
        • Low German: -en
    • Old Dutch: *-īn
    • Old High German: -īn
  • Old Norse: -inn
  • Gothic: -𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (-eins)