Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mīnaz

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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 pre-Proto-Germanic *mey-no-s, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ ~ *h₁mey, whence also *miz (me), + *-nos (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Determiner

*mīnaz

  1. my, mine; 1st person singular possessive

Inflection

Declension of *mīnaz (a-stem, strong only)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *mīnaz *mīnō *mīną, *-at(ō) *mīnai *mīnôz *mīnō
accusative *mīnanǭ *mīnǭ *mīną, *-at(ō) *mīnanz *mīnōz *mīnō
genitive *mīnas, *mīnis *mīnaizōz *mīnas, *mīnis *mīnaizǫ̂ *mīnaizǫ̂ *mīnaizǫ̂
dative *mīnammai *mīnaizōi *mīnammai *mīnaimaz *mīnaimaz *mīnaimaz
instrumental *mīnanō *mīnaizō *mīnanō *mīnaimiz *mīnaimiz *mīnaimiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mīna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369
  2. 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*mīnaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273