Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-inī

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From a Pre-Germanic proterokinetic compound suffix *-én-ih₂ ~ *-n̥-yéh₂-. Compare Proto-Slavic *-yni.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.niː/

Suffix

*-inī f[1]

Forms nouns indicating a female individual.

Inflection

The suffix appears to have ablauted between *-inī in the nominative and *-unjō- in the rest of the paradigm.[1]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-inī

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *-ini
- Old English: -en
  - Middle English: -en
    - English: -en (fossilised, non-productive)
- Old Frisian:
  - West Frisian: -inne
  - North Frisian: -in
- Old Saxon: -ina, -unnia
  - Middle Low German: -inne, -in
    - Low German: -in
    - → Old Norse: -inna
      - Norwegian:
        Norwegian Bokmål: -inne
        Norwegian Nynorsk: -inne
      - Old Danish: -inne
        Danish: -inde
      - Old Swedish: -inna
        Swedish: -inna
        → Finnish: -inna
- Old Dutch: -inna
  - Middle Dutch: -inne
    - Dutch: -in
      - Afrikaans: -in
    - Limburgish: -in
- Old High German: -in, -inna
  - Middle High German: -īn, -inne
    - German: -in
    - Alemannic German: -in
Old Norse: -ynja (extended to ōn-stem, rare)
- Icelandic: -ynja
Gothic: -𐌹𐌽𐌹 (-ini)

References

Johnsen, Sverre (May 2005) The Germanic (i)jō-stem declension‎, University of Oslo

[Johnsen-1] Johnsen, Sverre (May 2005) The Germanic (i)jō-stem declension‎, University of Oslo