Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-hert(ī)
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-hertaz + *-ī (adjective suffix). Cognate with Gothic -𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍃 (-hairts).
Suffix
*-hert(ī)
- -hearted
- Synonym: *-mōd
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *hert | ||
| Genitive | *hertas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hert | *hertu | *hert |
| Accusative | *hertanā | *hertā | *hert |
| Genitive | *hertas | *herteʀā | *hertas |
| Dative | *hertumē | *herteʀē | *hertumē |
| Instrumental | *hertu | *herteʀu | *hertu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hertē | *hertō | *hertu |
| Accusative | *hertā | *hertā | *hertu |
| Genitive | *herteʀō | *herteʀō | *herteʀō |
| Dative | *hertēm, *hertum | *hertēm, *hertum | *hertēm, *hertum |
| Instrumental | *hertēm, *hertum | *hertēm, *hertum | *hertēm, *hertum |
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *hirtī | ||
| Genitive | *hirtijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hirtī | *hirtiju | *hirtī |
| Accusative | *hirtijanā | *hirtijā | *hirtī |
| Genitive | *hirtijas | *hirtijeʀā | *hirtijas |
| Dative | *hirtijumē | *hirtijeʀē | *hirtijumē |
| Instrumental | *hirtiju | *hirtijeʀu | *hirtiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hirtijē | *hirtijō | *hirtiju |
| Accusative | *hirtijā | *hirtijā | *hirtiju |
| Genitive | *hirtijeʀō | *hirtijeʀō | *hirtijeʀō |
| Dative | *hirtijēm, *hirtijum | *hirtijēm, *hirtijum | *hirtijēm, *hirtijum |
| Instrumental | *hirtijēm, *hirtijum | *hirtijēm, *hirtijum | *hirtijēm, *hirtijum |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: -heort
- Old Saxon: -hert
- ⇒ Old Saxon: gramhert
- Old High German: herzi, -herz