Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unseraz

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 *n̥-s-ero- (our). Genitive form of *wīz (we).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈun.se.rɑz/

Determiner

*unseraz

  1. our, ours; 1st person plural possessive

Inflection

Declension of *unseraz (a-stem, strong only)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *unseraz *unserō *unserą, *-at(ō) *unserai *unserôz *unserō
accusative *unseranǭ *unserǭ *unserą, *-at(ō) *unseranz *unserōz *unserō
genitive *unseras, *unsiris *unseraizōz *unseras, *unsiris *unseraizǫ̂ *unseraizǫ̂ *unseraizǫ̂
dative *unserammai *unseraizōi *unserammai *unseraimaz *unseraimaz *unseraimaz
instrumental *unseranō *unseraizō *unseranō *unseraimiz *unseraimiz *unseraimiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *unsar
    • Old English: ūser, ūre, ūr, usser
    • Old Frisian: ūser, ūse
      • West Frisian: ús
    • Old Saxon: ūsa, ūse
      • Middle Low German: unse
        • Low German: uns
    • Old Dutch: unsa
    • Old High German: unsēr
  • Proto-Norse: *ᛟᛊᚨᚱᚨᛉ (*osaraʀ /⁠õsaraʀ⁠/)
    • Old Norse: várr, órrarchaic
      • Icelandic: vor
      • Faroese: vár
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: vår
      • Norwegian Bokmål: vår
      • Elfdalian: ųor (< órr)
      • Old Swedish: vār
      • Old Danish: vor
      • Old English: *war (Northumbrian)
        • English: wor (dialectal, Northern England)
        • Scots: wir
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂 (unsar)