Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jugunþiz

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 earlier *juwundiz (possibly influenced in form by *dugunþō), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yú-Hn̥-ti-s, from *h₂yéwHō (“young”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈju.ɣun.θiz/

Noun

*jugunþiz f

(West Germanic) the state of being young; youth

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *jugunþiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*jugunþiz	*jugunþīz
vocative	*jugunþi	*jugunþīz
accusative	*jugunþį	*jugunþinz
genitive	*jugunþīz	*jugunþijǫ̂
dative	*jugunþī	*jugunþimaz
instrumental	*jugunþī	*jugunþimiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *jugunþi
- Old English: ġeoguþ
  - Middle English: youthe
    - English: youth (obsolete yought)
    - Middle Scots: ȝouthe, ȝouth, ȝowth, ȝewth, youth
      - Scots: youth
- Old Frisian: jogethe
  - Saterland Frisian: Juugd
  - West Frisian: jeugd
- Old Saxon: juguth, jugud
  - Middle Low German: jōged
    - German Low German: Jöögd
- Old Dutch: *juguth, iuginde
  - Middle Dutch: jōghet, jōgede
    - Dutch: jeugd
- Old High German: jugund
  - Middle High German: jugent
    - German: Jugend
    - Luxembourgish: Jugend
    - Yiddish: יוגנט (yugnt)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ju(w)unþi-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 276

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ju(w)unþi-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 276

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