Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unsar
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *unseraz.
Determiner
*unsar[1]
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *unsar | ||
| Genitive | *unsaras | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *unsar | *unsaru | *unsar |
| Accusative | *unsaranā | *unsarā | *unsar |
| Genitive | *unsaras | *unsareʀā | *unsaras |
| Dative | *unsarumē | *unsareʀē | *unsarumē |
| Instrumental | *unsaru | *unsareʀu | *unsaru |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *unsarē | *unsarō | *unsaru |
| Accusative | *unsarā | *unsarā | *unsaru |
| Genitive | *unsareʀō | *unsareʀō | *unsareʀō |
| Dative | *unsarēm, *unsarum | *unsarēm, *unsarum | *unsarēm, *unsarum |
| Instrumental | *unsarēm, *unsarum | *unsarēm, *unsarum | *unsarēm, *unsarum |
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: ūser, ūre, ūr, usser
- Old Frisian: ūser, ūse
- West Frisian: ús
- Old Saxon: ūsa, ūse
- Old Dutch: unsa
- Old High German: unsēr
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125: “*unsar”