Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þunnī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þunnuz +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*þunnī

thin

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*þunnī
Genitive	*þunnijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*þunnī	*þunniju	*þunnī
Accusative	*þunnijanā	*þunnijā	*þunnī
Genitive	*þunnijas	*þunnijeʀā	*þunnijas
Dative	*þunnijumē	*þunnijeʀē	*þunnijumē
Instrumental	*þunniju	*þunnijeʀu	*þunniju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*þunnijē	*þunnijō	*þunniju
Accusative	*þunnijā	*þunnijā	*þunniju
Genitive	*þunnijeʀō	*þunnijeʀō	*þunnijeʀō
Dative	þunnijēm, þunnijum	þunnijēm, þunnijum	þunnijēm, þunnijum
Instrumental	þunnijēm, þunnijum	þunnijēm, þunnijum	þunnijēm, þunnijum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: þynne, þinne
- Middle English: thinne, thin, thunne, thenne, þinne, þynne, thynne, thyn
  - English: thin
  - Scots: thin
Old Frisian: thenne
- Saterland Frisian: tään
- West Frisian: tin
Old Saxon: thunni
- Middle Low German: dünne
  - German Low German: dünn
  - Plautdietsch: denn
Old Dutch: *thunni
- Middle Dutch: dunne
  - Dutch: dun
    - Afrikaans: dun
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: doni
    - Negerhollands: dun, din
    - → Aukan: deni, doin
  - Limburgish: dön
  - West Flemish: thinne
Old High German: dunni
- Middle High German: dünne
  - Alemannic German: tünn, dünn
    Swabian:
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: dünne
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: dinn
    Luxembourgish: dënn
  - East Central German:
    Upper Saxon German:
    Vilamovian: dynn
  - East Franconian:
  - German: dünn
  - Rhine Franconian: denn, dinn
    Frankfurterisch: [d̥in]
    Pennsylvania German:
  - Yiddish: דין (din)