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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jainaz
Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɑi̯.nɑz/
Etymology
From the pronominal Proto-Indo-European *i-; related to Old Church Slavonic онъ (onŭ, “he”), Lithuanian ans (“he”), Latin idem (“the same”), and Sanskrit third person pronoun एना (enā, “that”).
Determiner
*jainaz
- that over there, yon
Inflection
Declension of *jainaz (a-stem, strong only)
strong declension | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *jainaz | *jainai | *jainō | *jainôz | *jainą, *-atō | *jainō |
accusative | *jainanǭ | *jainanz | *jainǭ | *jainōz | *jainą, *-atō | *jainō |
genitive | *jainas, *jainis | *jainaizǫ̂ | *jainaizōz | *jainaizǫ̂ | *jainas, *jainis | *jainaizǫ̂ |
dative | *jainammai | *jainaimaz | *jainaizōi | *jainaimaz | *jainammai | *jainaimaz |
instrumental | *jainanō | *jainaimiz | *jainaizō | *jainaimiz | *jainanō | *jainaimiz |
Related terms
- *jainar
Descendants
- Old English: ġeon
- Middle English: ȝeon, ȝon, yon
- Scots: ȝon, yon
- English: yon
- Middle English: ȝeon, ȝon, yon
- Old Frisian: jen, jena
- Saterland Frisian: (juns, junner, etc.)
- West Frisian: jinge; itjinge
- Old Saxon: (ginuwar, genower; gendro)
- Middle Low German: (ginder, gender)
- German Low German: (günt, günners, günnert, etc.)
- Middle Low German: (ginder, gender)
- Old Dutch: *gēn
- Middle Dutch: gene, ghene
- Dutch: ginds, geen, gene (only in diegene, hetgeen etc.)
- Middle Dutch: gene, ghene
- Old High German: jēner
- Middle High German: jener, ener
- Alemannic German: ääne
- German: jener
- Yiddish: יענער (yener)
- Middle High German: jener, ener
- Old Norse: enn, inn, hinn, -inn
- Icelandic: inn, -inn
- Faroese: -in
- Norwegian: -en, hin
- Swedish: -en
- Danish: -en
- Westrobothnian: (än) -än, -en, -in, -jen
- Gothic: 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains)
References
- The Indo-European Languages (2015, →ISBN, page 401: In addition we have *jainaz > Goth. jains, OEng. geon (> Eng. yon), OHG jener (= Ger.) 'that man'.