Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unkar
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *unkeraz.
Determiner
*unkar[1]
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *unkar | ||
| Genitive | *unkaras | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *unkar | *unkaru | *unkar |
| Accusative | *unkaranā | *unkarā | *unkar |
| Genitive | *unkaras | *unkareʀā | *unkaras |
| Dative | *unkarumē | *unkareʀē | *unkarumē |
| Instrumental | *unkaru | *unkareʀu | *unkaru |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *unkarē | *unkarō | *unkaru |
| Accusative | *unkarā | *unkarā | *unkaru |
| Genitive | *unkareʀō | *unkareʀō | *unkareʀō |
| Dative | *unkarēm, *unkarum | *unkarēm, *unkarum | *unkarēm, *unkarum |
| Instrumental | *unkarēm, *unkarum | *unkarēm, *unkarum | *unkarēm, *unkarum |
Proto-West Germanic personal pronouns
| singular | first person | second person | reflexive |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ik | *þū | - |
| accusative | *mik | *þik | *sik |
| dative | *miʀ | *þiʀ | |
| possessive | *mīn | *þīn | *sīn |
| dual | first person | second person | reflexive |
| nominative | *wit | *jit | - |
| accusative | *unk | *inkw | *sik |
| dative | |||
| possessive | *unkar | *inkwar | *sīn |
| plural | first person | second person | reflexive |
| nominative | *wiʀ | *jiʀ | - |
| accusative | *uns | *iwwi | *sik |
| dative | |||
| possessive | *unsar | *iuwar | *sīn |
Descendants
- Old English: uncer
- Middle English: unker
- Old Saxon: unker
- >? Old High German:
- Sette Comuni Cimbrian: ögnar
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125: “*unkar”