Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/niwi

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 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

From Proto-Germanic *niwjaz.

Adjective

*niwi (comparative *niwiʀō, superlative *niwist)[1]

  1. new

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *niwi
Genitive *niuwjas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *niwi *niuwju *niwi
Accusative *niuwjanā *niuwjā *niwi
Genitive *niuwjas *niuwjeʀā *niuwjas
Dative *niuwjumē *niuwjeʀē *niuwjumē
Instrumental *niuwju *niuwjeʀu *niuwju
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *niuwjē *niuwjō *niuwju
Accusative *niuwjā *niuwjā *niuwju
Genitive *niuwjeʀō *niuwjeʀō *niuwjeʀō
Dative *niuwjēm, *niuwjum *niuwjēm, *niuwjum *niuwjēm, *niuwjum
Instrumental *niuwjēm, *niuwjum *niuwjēm, *niuwjum *niuwjēm, *niuwjum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “PWGmc *niwi”
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