Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gōdnassī

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 *gōd +‎ *-nassī.

Noun

*gōdnassī f

goodness
Synonym: *gōdī

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gōdnassī
Genitive	*gōdnassīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gōdnassī	—
Accusative	*gōdnassīn	—
Genitive	*gōdnassīn	—
Dative	*gōdnassīn	—
Instrumental	*gōdnassīn	—

Descendants

Old English: gōdnes, gōdness, gōdnys
- Middle English: goodnesse, godenes, godenesse, godnes, godnese, godnesse, goodnes, guodnesse (Kent), goddnes, gudeness (Northern), godnæsse, godnisse, godnysse (Early Middle English)
  - English: goodness
  - Scots: guidness, gudeness
  - Yola: goounees, goouness
Old Frisian: *gōdnisse, *gōdnis
- West Frisian: goedens
Old High German: guotnessī
- Middle High German: guotnisse