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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ainag
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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 *ainagaz (“only, sole”). Equivalent to *ain (“one”) + *-g.
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *ainag | ||
| Genitive | *ainagas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ainag | *ainagu | *ainag |
| Accusative | *ainaganā | *ainagā | *ainag |
| Genitive | *ainagas | *ainageʀā | *ainagas |
| Dative | *ainagumē | *ainageʀē | *ainagumē |
| Instrumental | *ainagu | *ainageʀu | *ainagu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ainagē | *ainagō | *ainagu |
| Accusative | *ainagā | *ainagā | *ainagu |
| Genitive | *ainageʀō | *ainageʀō | *ainageʀō |
| Dative | *ainagēm, *ainagum | *ainagēm, *ainagum | *ainagēm, *ainagum |
| Instrumental | *ainagēm, *ainagum | *ainagēm, *ainagum | *ainagēm, *ainagum |
Alternative reconstructions
- *ainīg
Descendants
- Old English: *āneġ, ǣneġ, āniġ, ǣniġ, āni (adj); ānga, ǣnga, ēnga, ǣnġe (adverb)
- Old Frisian: ēnig, ēnich, *ānig, ēng, āng
- Saterland Frisian: enig
- West Frisian: ienich
- Old Saxon: ēnag, ēnig
- Old Dutch: *einag, einigh
- Old High German: einag, einac; (einīg)
- Middle High German: eineg, einec, einic
- German: einig
- Middle High German: eineg, einec, einic
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