Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ofn

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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 *ufnaz, north and West Germanic variant of *uhnaz (“oven”).

Noun

*ofn m

  1. oven

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *ofn
Genitive *ofnas
Singular Plural
Nominative *ofn *ofnō, *ofnōs
Accusative *ofn *ofnā
Genitive *ofnas *ofnō
Dative *ofnē *ofnum
Instrumental *ofnu *ofnum

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 331: “PWGmc *ofn”
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