Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sūbrī
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sōbrius + *-ī (adjective suffix).
Adjective
*sūbrī[1]
Inflection
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *sūbrī | ||
| Genitive | *sūbrijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *sūbrī | *sūbriju | *sūbrī |
| Accusative | *sūbrijanā | *sūbrijā | *sūbrī |
| Genitive | *sūbrijas | *sūbrijeʀā | *sūbrijas |
| Dative | *sūbrijumē | *sūbrijeʀē | *sūbrijumē |
| Instrumental | *sūbriju | *sūbrijeʀu | *sūbriju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *sūbrijē | *sūbrijō | *sūbriju |
| Accusative | *sūbrijā | *sūbrijā | *sūbriju |
| Genitive | *sūbrijeʀō | *sūbrijeʀō | *sūbrijeʀō |
| Dative | *sūbrijēm, *sūbrijum | *sūbrijēm, *sūbrijum | *sūbrijēm, *sūbrijum |
| Instrumental | *sūbrijēm, *sūbrijum | *sūbrijēm, *sūbrijum | *sūbrijēm, *sūbrijum |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: sȳfre, sēfre, sīfre
- Middle English: syfre
- Old Saxon: sūvar, sūvri
- Old Dutch: *sūvar
- Old High German: sūbar
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 137: “PWGmc *sūbrī”