Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sī
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sī; see Proto-Germanic *iz.
Pronoun
*sī[1]
Inflection
Declension of *iʀ (irregular)
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *iʀ | *sī/si(j)u | *sī/si(j)u | *sī/si(j)u | *it | *sī/si(j)u |
| Accusative | *inā | *sī/si(j)u | *sī/si(j)u | *sī/si(j)u | *it | *sī/si(j)u |
| Genitive | *es | *eʀō | *eʀu | *eʀō | *es | *eʀō |
| Dative | *imai? | *im | *eʀu(i?) | *im | *imai? | *im |
| Instrumental | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? |
Alternative forms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 124: “*sī”