Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ulīn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Apparently from *-ul +‎ *-īn.

Suffix

*-ulīn n

Used to create diminutive nouns from other nouns, originally diminutives from other diminutives

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*-ulīn
Genitive	*-ulīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-ulīn	*-ulīnu
Accusative	*-ulīn	*-ulīnu
Genitive	*-ulīnas	*-ulīnō
Dative	*-ulīnē	*-ulīnum
Instrumental	*-ulīnu	*-ulīnum

Alternative reconstructions

*-ilīn

Synonyms

Descendants

Old Saxon: -ilīn, -līn
- Middle Low German: -elîn, -elin, -elen, -lîn, -lin, -len
  - German Low German: -lien
Old Dutch: *-ulīn, *-ilīn
- Middle Dutch: -elin, -elen, -elijn, -lin, -lijn
  - Dutch: -lijn
Old High German: -ilīn, -elīn, -ilī
- Middle High German: -elīn, -līn
  - German: -lein, -ele (dialectal)
  - Alemannic German: -li