Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/minniz

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 *mi-n-u-is, comparative of *minu-, *mey- (“small”).[1] Cognate with Latin minor, minus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmin.niz/

Adverb

*minniz (adjective *minnizô, superlative *minnist)

  1. less, to a smaller degree

Usage notes

This word is not directly the comparative of any other term. Instead, various adverbial formations are used to express the positive degree.

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *minni
    • Old English: min
    • Old Frisian: min
      • Saterland Frisian: min
      • West Frisian: min
    • Old Saxon: *min
      • Middle Low German: min
    • Old Dutch: min
    • Old High German: min
      • Middle High German: min
        • German: min (archaic or dialectal)
        • Luxembourgish: mann
  • Old Norse: minnr
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*minniz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369
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