Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lītilaz

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

*luttiz (“little, few”) +‎ *-ilaz (“adjectival suffix”),[1] the former likely a derivative of *lūtaną (“to bow down”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliː.ti.lɑz/

Adjective

*lītilaz (comparative *minnizô, superlative *minnistaz)

  1. small, little (alternative form of *lūtilaz)
  2. few, little (small amount of)

Inflection

Declension of *lītilaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *lītilaz *lītilō *lītilą, -atō *lītilai *lītilôz *lītilō
accusative *lītilanǭ *lītilǭ *lītilą, -atō *lītilanz *lītilōz *lītilō
genitive *lītilas, -is *lītilaizōz *lītilas, -is *lītilaizǫ̂ *lītilaizǫ̂ *lītilaizǫ̂
dative *lītilammai *lītilaizōi *lītilammai *lītilaimaz *lītilaimaz *lītilaimaz
instrumental *lītilanō *lītilaizō *lītilanō *lītilaimiz *lītilaimiz *lītilaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *lītilô *lītilǭ *lītilô *lītilaniz *lītilōniz *lītilōnō
accusative *lītilanų *lītilōnų *lītilô *lītilanunz *lītilōnunz *lītilōnō
genitive *lītiliniz *lītilōniz *lītiliniz *lītilanǫ̂ *lītilōnǫ̂ *lītilanǫ̂
dative *lītilini *lītilōni *lītilini *lītilammaz *lītilōmaz *lītilammaz
instrumental *lītilinē *lītilōnē *lītilinē *lītilammiz *lītilōmiz *lītilammiz

Synonyms

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lītilaz ~ *lūtilaz ~ *luttilaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 248
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*luttiz ~ *luttjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 251-2
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