Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lītilaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
*luttiz (“little, few”) + *-ilaz (“adjectival suffix”),[1] the former likely a derivative of *lūtaną (“to bow down”).[2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*lītilaz (comparative *minnizô, superlative *minnistaz)
Inflection
Declension of *lītilaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *lītilaz | *lītilai | *lītilō | *lītilôz | *lītilą, -atō | *lītilō |
| Accusative | *lītilanǭ | *lītilanz | *lītilǭ | *lītilōz | *lītilą, -atō | *lītilō |
| Genitive | *lītilas, -is | *lītilaizǫ̂ | *lītilaizōz | *lītilaizǫ̂ | *lītilas, -is | *lītilaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *lītilammai | *lītilaimaz | *lītilaizōi | *lītilaimaz | *lītilammai | *lītilaimaz |
| Instrumental | *lītilanō | *lītilaimiz | *lītilaizō | *lītilaimiz | *lītilanō | *lītilaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *lītilô | *lītilaniz | *lītilǭ | *lītilōniz | *lītilô | *lītilōnō |
| Accusative | *lītilanų | *lītilanunz | *lītilōnų | *lītilōnunz | *lītilô | *lītilōnō |
| Genitive | *lītiliniz | *lītilanǫ̂ | *lītilōniz | *lītilōnǫ̂ | *lītiliniz | *lītilanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *lītilini | *lītilammaz | *lītilōni | *lītilōmaz | *lītilini | *lītilammaz |
| Instrumental | *lītilinē | *lītilammiz | *lītilōnē | *lītilōmiz | *lītilinē | *lītilammiz |
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Descendants
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lītilaz ~ *lūtilaz ~ *luttilaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 248
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*luttiz ~ *luttjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 251-2