Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jungaz

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 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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós (“young”), from *h₂yuh₁en- (“idem”). The shortening of the vowel from earlier *-uHun- is due to Osthoff's law.

Pronunciation

Adjective

*jungaz (comparative *junhizô, superlative *junhistaz)

  1. young

Inflection

Declension of *jungaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *jungaz *jungō *jungą, -atō *jungai *jungôz *jungō
accusative *junganǭ *jungǭ *jungą, -atō *junganz *jungōz *jungō
genitive *jungas, -is *jungaizōz *jungas, -is *jungaizǫ̂ *jungaizǫ̂ *jungaizǫ̂
dative *jungammai *jungaizōi *jungammai *jungaimaz *jungaimaz *jungaimaz
instrumental *junganō *jungaizō *junganō *jungaimiz *jungaimiz *jungaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *jungô *jungǭ *jungô *junganiz *jungōniz *jungōnō
accusative *junganų *jungōnų *jungô *junganunz *jungōnunz *jungōnō
genitive *junginiz *jungōniz *junginiz *junganǫ̂ *jungōnǫ̂ *junganǫ̂
dative *jungini *jungōni *jungini *jungammaz *jungōmaz *jungammaz
instrumental *junginē *jungōnē *junginē *jungammiz *jungōmiz *jungammiz

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*junga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 274-5
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