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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mīnaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From pre-Proto-Germanic *mey-no-s, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ ~ *h₁mey, whence also *miz (“me”), + *-nos (adjectival suffix). [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmiː.nɑz/

Determiner

*mīnaz[1]

  1. my, mine; 1st person singular possessive

Inflection
Declension of *mīnaz (a-stem, strong only)
strong declension
masculine feminine neuter
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative *mīnaz *mīnai *mīnō *mīnôz *mīną, *-at(ō) *mīnō
accusative *mīnanǭ *mīnanz *mīnǭ *mīnōz *mīną, *-at(ō) *mīnō
genitive *mīnas, *mīnis *mīnaizǫ̂ *mīnaizōz *mīnaizǫ̂ *mīnas, *mīnis *mīnaizǫ̂
dative *mīnammai *mīnaimaz *mīnaizōi *mīnaimaz *mīnammai *mīnaimaz
instrumental *mīnanō *mīnaimiz *mīnaizō *mīnaimiz *mīnanō *mīnaimiz


Proto-Germanic personal pronouns
singular first person second person reflexive
nominative *ek (unstr. *ik) *þū (*se-)
accusative *mek (unstr. *mik) *þek (unstr. *þik) *sek (unstr. *sik)
dative/instr *miz *þiz *siz
possessive *mīnaz *þīnaz *sīnaz
dual first person second person reflexive
nominative *wet (unstr. *wit) *jut, *jit (*se-)
accusative *unk *inkw *sek (unstr. *sik)
dative/instr *unkiz *inkwiz *siz
possessive *unkeraz *inkweraz *sīnaz
plural first person second person reflexive
nominative *wīz (unstr. *wiz) *jūz, *jīz (*se-)
accusative *uns *izwiz *sek (unstr. *sik)
dative/instr *unsiz *izwiz *siz
possessive *unseraz *izweraz *sīnaz

Descendants

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*mīnaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
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