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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/girnį̄
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *gernaz (“eager, willing”) + *-į̄.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣir.nĩː/
Noun
*girnį̄ f[1]
- desire, ambition, loging
Inflection
| īn-stemDeclension of *girnį̄ (īn-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *girnį̄ | *girnīniz | |
| vocative | *girnį̄ | *girnīniz | |
| accusative | *girnīnų | *girnīnunz | |
| genitive | *girnīniz | *girnīnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *girnīni | *girnīmaz | |
| instrumental | *girnīnē | *girnīmiz | |
Descendants
- Old High German: gernī
- ⇒ Old Norse: ágirni
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹 (gairnei)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*gernīn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 132