Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ainag

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 *ainagaz (“only, sole”). Equivalent to *ain (“one”) +‎ *-g.

Adjective

*ainag

only, sole

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*ainag
Genitive	*ainagas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ainag	*ainagu	*ainag
Accusative	*ainaganā	*ainagā	*ainag
Genitive	*ainagas	*ainageʀā	*ainagas
Dative	*ainagumē	*ainageʀē	*ainagumē
Instrumental	*ainagu	*ainageʀu	*ainagu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ainagē	*ainagō	*ainagu
Accusative	*ainagā	*ainagā	*ainagu
Genitive	*ainageʀō	*ainageʀō	*ainageʀō
Dative	ainagēm, ainagum	ainagēm, ainagum	ainagēm, ainagum
Instrumental	ainagēm, ainagum	ainagēm, ainagum	ainagēm, ainagum

Alternative reconstructions

*ainīg

Descendants

Old English: *āneġ, ǣneġ, āniġ, ǣniġ, āni (adjective); ānga, ǣnga, ēnga, ǣnġe (adverb)
- Middle English: aniȝ, eani, ony, eny, any
  - English: any
  - Scots: eny, ony, onie
Old Frisian: ēnig, ēnich, *ānig, ēng, āng
- Saterland Frisian: enig
- West Frisian: ienich
Old Saxon: ēnag, ēnig
- Middle Low German: ênich
  - German Low German: enig
  - → Danish: enig
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: enig
Old Dutch: ēnag, *einag, einigh
- Middle Dutch: enech
  - Dutch: enig
    - Afrikaans: enig
Old High German: einag, einac; (einīg)
- Middle High German: eineg, einec, einic
  - German: einig