Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mirkwī

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 *merkuz +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*mirkwī[1]

  1. (North Sea Germanic) dark

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *mirkwī
Genitive *mirkwijas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *mirkwī *mirkwiju *mirkwī
Accusative *mirkwijanā *mirkwijā *mirkwī
Genitive *mirkwijas *mirkwijeʀā *mirkwijas
Dative *mirkwijumē *mirkwijeʀē *mirkwijumē
Instrumental *mirkwiju *mirkwijeʀu *mirkwiju
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *mirkwijē *mirkwijō *mirkwiju
Accusative *mirkwijā *mirkwijā *mirkwiju
Genitive *mirkwijeʀō *mirkwijeʀō *mirkwijeʀō
Dative *mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum *mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum *mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum
Instrumental *mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum *mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum *mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum

Descendants

  • Old English: mirce, mierce
  • Old Saxon: mirki

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 215: “PWGmc *mirkwī”
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