Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sīn

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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 *sīnaz.

Determiner

*sīn

  1. his/her/its/their own

Inflection

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *sīn
Genitive *sīnas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *sīn *sīnu *sīn
Accusative *sīnanā *sīnā *sīn
Genitive *sīnas *sīneʀā *sīnas
Dative *sīnumē *sīneʀē *sīnumē
Instrumental *sīnu *sīneʀu *sīnu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *sīnē *sīnō *sīnu
Accusative *sīnā *sīnā *sīnu
Genitive *sīneʀō *sīneʀō *sīneʀō
Dative *sīnēm, *sīnum *sīnēm, *sīnum *sīnēm, *sīnum
Instrumental *sīnēm, *sīnum *sīnēm, *sīnum *sīnēm, *sīnum
Proto-West Germanic personal pronouns
singular first person second person reflexive
nominative *ik *þū -
accusative *mik *þik *sik
dative *miʀ *þiʀ
possessive *mīn *þīn *sīn
dual first person second person reflexive
nominative *wit *jit -
accusative *unk *inkw *sik
dative
possessive *unkar *inkwar *sīn
plural first person second person reflexive
nominative *wiʀ *jiʀ -
accusative *uns *iwwi *sik
dative
possessive *unsar *iuwar *sīn

Descendants

  • Old English: sīn
  • Old Frisian: sīn
    • Saterland Frisian: sin
    • West Frisian: syn
  • Old Saxon: sīn
    • Middle Low German: sîn
      • German Low German: sien
      • Low German: sin
  • Old Dutch: sīn
  • Old High German: sīn

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125: “*sīn”
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