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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ainaz.
Adjective
Proto-West Germanic cardinal numbers
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*ain[1]
- one
Inflection
| a-stem
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| Singular
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Masculine
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| Nominative
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*ain
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| Genitive
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*ainas
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| Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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| Nominative
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*ain
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*ainu
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*ain
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| Accusative
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*ainanā
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*ainā
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*ain
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| Genitive
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*ainas
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*aineʀā
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*ainas
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| Dative
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*ainumē
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*aineʀē
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*ainumē
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| Instrumental
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*ainu
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*aineʀu
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*ainu
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| Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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| Nominative
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*ainē
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*ainō
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*ainu
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| Accusative
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*ainā
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*ainā
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*ainu
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| Genitive
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*aineʀō
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*aineʀō
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*aineʀō
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| Dative
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*ainēm, *ainum
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*ainēm, *ainum
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*ainēm, *ainum
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| Instrumental
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*ainēm, *ainum
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*ainēm, *ainum
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*ainēm, *ainum
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: ān
- Middle English: on, oon, one, oen, oune, hon, none, an, anne, onne, an, ane, auen, aune (Northern), auen, aune (north Midland), enne, onen, onenen (Kent), en, an, ane (Early Middle English), won, von, wone (Late Middle English), oon, one, an (Northern), an, ane (Early Middle English)
- Old Frisian: ēn, ān, een
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum:
- Föhr: een m, ian f or n
- Amrum: ään m, ian f or n
- Goesharde:
- Hoolmer: åån m, iin f or n
- Hoorninger: aan m, iin f or n
- Halligen: aon m, ian f or n
- Heligoland: iaan, jaan
- Mooring: ån m, iinj f or n
- Sylt: jen
- Wiedingharde: oan m, iin f or n
- Saterland Frisian: aan m, een f or n
- West Frisian: ien
- Old Saxon: ēn
- Middle Low German: ên, ein
- Low German: ein, en
- German Low German: een (Hamburgisch)
- Westphalian:
- Lippisch: eun
- Ravensbergisch: åine
- Sauerländisch: ên
- Westmünsterländisch: een, eene, ne
- Plautdietsch: een
- Old Dutch: ēn
- Middle Dutch: êen
- Limburgish: ein
- Old High German: ein, ain
- Middle High German: ein
- Alemannic German: ain, äin, a, an, en
- Bavarian: a
- Cimbrian: a, an (“a, an”); òan, umm (“one”)
- Mòcheno: a (“a, an”); oa' (“one”)
- Central Franconian: een, ein (Kölsch, Westerwald), ään (eastern Moselle Franconian)
- Hunsrik: een
- Luxembourgish: een
- East Central German: ä, e
- German: ein
- Rhine Franconian: e (Hessian)
- Yiddish: איין (eyn), אַ (a), אַן (an)
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 120: “*ain”