Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jugunþi

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 *jugunþiz.

Noun

*jugunþi f[1]

  1. youth

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *jugunþi
Genitive *jugunþī
Singular Plural
Nominative *jugunþi *jugunþī
Accusative *jugunþi *jugunþī
Genitive *jugunþī *jugunþijō
Dative *jugunþī *jugunþim, *jugunþijum
Instrumental *jugunþī *jugunþim, *jugunþijum

Descendants

  • Old English: ġeoguþ
    • Middle English: youthe
      • English: youth (obsolete yought)
      • Middle Scots: ȝouthe, ȝouth, ȝowth, ȝewth, youth
  • Old Frisian: jogethe
    • Saterland Frisian: Juugd
    • West Frisian: jeugd
  • Old Saxon: juguth, jugud
  • Old Dutch: *jugith, jugint
    • Middle Dutch: jōghet, jōgede
  • Old High German: jugund

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *jugunþi”
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