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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/linwaz
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *linaz
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *leyh₂- (“to decrease, dwindle; lean, slim”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlin.wɑz/
Adjective
*linwaz
- soft; mild; gentle
Inflection
Declension of *linwaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *linwaz | *linwai | *linwō | *linwôz | *linwą, -atō | *linwō |
| Accusative | *linwanǭ | *linwanz | *linwǭ | *linwōz | *linwą, -atō | *linwō |
| Genitive | *linwas, -is | *linwaizǫ̂ | *linwaizōz | *linwaizǫ̂ | *linwas, -is | *linwaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *linwammai | *linwaimaz | *linwaizōi | *linwaimaz | *linwammai | *linwaimaz |
| Instrumental | *linwanō | *linwaimiz | *linwaizō | *linwaimiz | *linwanō | *linwaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *linwô | *linwaniz | *linwǭ | *linwōniz | *linwô | *linwōnō |
| Accusative | *linwanų | *linwanunz | *linwōnų | *linwōnunz | *linwô | *linwōnō |
| Genitive | *linwiniz | *linwanǫ̂ | *linwōniz | *linwōnǫ̂ | *linwiniz | *linwanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *linwini | *linwammaz | *linwōni | *linwōmaz | *linwini | *linwammaz |
| Instrumental | *linwinē | *linwammiz | *linwōnē | *linwōmiz | *linwinē | *linwammiz |
Related terms
- *linnaną (possibly)
- *linþaz
Descendants
- Old Frisian: *lin
- ⇒ Old Frisian: *linich
- (Saterland Frisian: länkich)
- West Frisian: linich
- ⇒ Old Frisian: *linich
- Old Saxon: *len
- ⇒ Old Saxon: *lenig
- Middle Low German: *lenig
- Low German: lenig, länig
- Middle Low German: *lenig
- ⇒ Old Saxon: *lenig
- Old Dutch: *len
- ⇒ Old Dutch: *lenig
- Middle Dutch: lenich
- Dutch: lenig
- Middle Dutch: lenich
- ⇒ Old Dutch: *lenig
- Old High German: len
- Middle High German: lin (genitive linwes)
- Old Norse: linr
- Icelandic: linur
- Faroese: linur
- Old Danish: lind
- Elfdalian: lin