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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ernustuz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From a derivative of *arniz (“efficient, capable, diligent, sure”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈer.nus.tuz/
Noun
*ernustuz m or f
- seriousness; earnest; strength; solidity
- struggle; fight
Inflection
| u-stemDeclension of *ernustuz (u-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *ernustuz | *ernustiwiz | |
| vocative | *ernustu | *ernustiwiz | |
| accusative | *ernustų | *ernustunz | |
| genitive | *ernustauz | *ernustiwǫ̂ | |
| dative | *ernustiwi | *ernustumaz | |
| instrumental | *ernustū | *ernustumiz | |
Descendants
- Old English: eornust, eornost, eornest
- Middle English: eornest, ernest
- Scots: ernist, ernyst
- English: earnest
- Middle English: eornest, ernest
- Old Frisian: ernst
- Saterland Frisian: Iedenst
- West Frisian: earnst
- Old Saxon: ernust, ernist
- Middle Low German: ērnest, ērnst
- German Low German: Eernst
- Middle Low German: ērnest, ērnst
- Old Dutch: ernust, ernost
- Middle Dutch: ernest, ernst
- Dutch: ernst
- Middle Dutch: ernest, ernst
- Old High German: ernust
- → Czech: Arnošt
- Middle High German: ërnest, ërnst
- Alemannic German: Èèrnscht, Ärnscht
- German: Ernst
- → English: Ernst, Ernest
- Luxembourgish: Eescht