Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mīnaz

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-Proto-Germanic *mey-no-s, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ ~ *h₁mey, whence also *miz (“me”), + *-nos (adjectival suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiː.nɑz/

Determiner

*mīnaz[2]

  1. my, mine; 1st person singular possessive

Inflection

Declension of *mīnaz (a-stem, strong only)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *mīnaz *mīnō *mīną, *-at(ō) *mīnai *mīnôz *mīnō
accusative *mīnanǭ *mīnǭ *mīną, *-at(ō) *mīnanz *mīnōz *mīnō
genitive *mīnas, *mīnis *mīnaizōz *mīnas, *mīnis *mīnaizǫ̂ *mīnaizǫ̂ *mīnaizǫ̂
dative *mīnammai *mīnaizōi *mīnammai *mīnaimaz *mīnaimaz *mīnaimaz
instrumental *mīnanō *mīnaizō *mīnanō *mīnaimiz *mīnaimiz *mīnaimiz
Proto-Germanic personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative/instr possessive
singular first person *ek
(unstressed *ik) 		*mek
(unstressed *mik) 		*miz *mīnaz
second person *þū *þek
(unstressed *þik) 		*þiz *þīnaz
dual first person *wet
(unstressed *wit) 		*unk *unkiz *unkeraz
second person *jut, *jit *inkw *inkwiz *inkweraz
plural first person *wīz
(unstressed *wiz) 		*uns *unsiz *unseraz
second person *jūz, *jīz *izwiz *izwiz *izweraz
reflexive (*se-) *sek
(unstressed *sik) 		*siz *sīnaz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mīna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*mīnaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
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