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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *HoynHóḱo-, an adjectival derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”). Compare Latin ūnicus (“only, sole”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*ainahô[1]
- only, single, sole
Inflection
Declension of *ainahô (an/īn-stem)
Case
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Singular
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Plural
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Singular
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Plural
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*ainahô
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*ainahaniz
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*ainahį̄
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*ainahīniz
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*ainahô
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*ainahōnō
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Accusative
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*ainahanų
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*ainahanunz
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*ainahīnų
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*ainahīnunz
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*ainahô
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*ainahōnō
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Genitive
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*ainahiniz
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*ainahanǫ̂
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*ainahīniz
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*ainahīnǫ̂
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*ainahiniz
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*ainahanǫ̂
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Dative
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*ainahini
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*ainahammaz
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*ainahīni
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*ainahīmaz
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*ainahini
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*ainahammaz
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Instrumental
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*ainahinē
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*ainahammiz
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*ainahīnē
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*ainahīmiz
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*ainahinē
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*ainahammiz
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Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ainahan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 11