Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sinīgaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *senikos (“old”) equivalent to *senaz (“old”) + *-īgaz (“forms adjectives from nouns”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕνος (hénos), Sanskrit सन (sána), Old Armenian հին (hin) and Latin senex.
Pronunciation
Adjective
*sinīgaz[1]
Inflection
Declension of *sinīgaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *sinīgaz | *sinīgai | *sinīgō | *sinīgôz | *sinīgą, -atō | *sinīgō |
| Accusative | *sinīganǭ | *sinīganz | *sinīgǭ | *sinīgōz | *sinīgą, -atō | *sinīgō |
| Genitive | *sinīgas, -is | *sinīgaizǫ̂ | *sinīgaizōz | *sinīgaizǫ̂ | *sinīgas, -is | *sinīgaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *sinīgammai | *sinīgaimaz | *sinīgaizōi | *sinīgaimaz | *sinīgammai | *sinīgaimaz |
| Instrumental | *sinīganō | *sinīgaimiz | *sinīgaizō | *sinīgaimiz | *sinīganō | *sinīgaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *sinīgô | *sinīganiz | *sinīgǭ | *sinīgōniz | *sinīgô | *sinīgōnō |
| Accusative | *sinīganų | *sinīganunz | *sinīgōnų | *sinīgōnunz | *sinīgô | *sinīgōnō |
| Genitive | *sinīginiz | *sinīganǫ̂ | *sinīgōniz | *sinīgōnǫ̂ | *sinīginiz | *sinīganǫ̂ |
| Dative | *sinīgini | *sinīgammaz | *sinīgōni | *sinīgōmaz | *sinīgini | *sinīgammaz |
| Instrumental | *sinīginē | *sinīgammiz | *sinīgōnē | *sinīgōmiz | *sinīginē | *sinīgammiz |
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*senīga-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 433