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Proto-Germanic
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Etymology
Unknown, but possibly from an earlier *-ōngō, equivalent to *-ōną + *-gō. No certain cognates outside of Germanic and not found in Gothic, which has instead similar verbal nouns without -g-.
Perhaps cognate with Latin suffixes -undus (forms the gerund) or from Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷos as in ἀλλοδαπός (allodapós), ποδαπός (podapós), and possibly propinquus.
Pronunciation
Suffix
*-ungō f
- -ing, -ion. Forms gerund nouns from verbs.
Inflection
| ō-stemDeclension of *-ungō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*-ungō
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*-ungôz
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| vocative
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*-ungō
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*-ungôz
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| accusative
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*-ungǭ
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*-ungōz
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| genitive
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*-ungōz
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*-ungǫ̂
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| dative
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*-ungōi
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*-ungōmaz
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| instrumental
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*-ungō
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*-ungōmiz
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Usage notes
- *-ungō was originally used with weak class 2 verbs (verbs ending in *-ōną) and *-ingō was used with weak class 1 verbs (verbs ending in *-janą) which eventually extended to all other verbs, possibly absorbing other verbal suffixes in the process (e.g. *-āngō, *-angō, *-engō, etc.). Over time, the distinction between *-ungō and *-ingō in the daughter languages became blurred and the suffixes were eventually merged in modern times.
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