Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/manniskaz

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 *mann- +‎ *-iskaz.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑn.nis.kɑz/

Adjective

*manniskaz

  1. human

Inflection

Declension of *manniskaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *manniskaz *manniskō *manniską, -atō *manniskai *manniskôz *manniskō
accusative *manniskanǭ *manniskǭ *manniską, -atō *manniskanz *manniskōz *manniskō
genitive *manniskas, -is *manniskaizōz *manniskas, -is *manniskaizǫ̂ *manniskaizǫ̂ *manniskaizǫ̂
dative *manniskammai *manniskaizōi *manniskammai *manniskaimaz *manniskaimaz *manniskaimaz
instrumental *manniskanō *manniskaizō *manniskanō *manniskaimiz *manniskaimiz *manniskaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *manniskô *manniskǭ *manniskô *manniskaniz *manniskōniz *manniskōnō
accusative *manniskanų *manniskōnų *manniskô *manniskanunz *manniskōnunz *manniskōnō
genitive *manniskiniz *manniskōniz *manniskiniz *manniskanǫ̂ *manniskōnǫ̂ *manniskanǫ̂
dative *manniskini *manniskōni *manniskini *manniskammaz *manniskōmaz *manniskammaz
instrumental *manniskinē *manniskōnē *manniskinē *manniskammiz *manniskōmiz *manniskammiz

Descendants

In several daughter languages, this word only survives as a substantivised form of the weak declension. In Proto-Germanic, this would have originally meant 'he who/that which is human'.

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*manniska-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
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