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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/manalausaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *mann- (“man”) + *-lausaz (“less”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑnɑˌlɑu̯.sɑz/
Adjective
*manalausaz[1]
- without a man, wihtout a husband
Inflection
Declension of *manalausaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *manalausaz | *manalausai | *manalausō | *manalausôz | *manalausą, *-atō | *manalausō |
| accusative | *manalausanǭ | *manalausanz | *manalausǭ | *manalausōz | *manalausą, *-atō | *manalausō |
| genitive | *manalausas, *manalausis | *manalausaizǫ̂ | *manalausaizōz | *manalausaizǫ̂ | *manalausas, *manalausis | *manalausaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *manalausammai | *manalausaimaz | *manalausaizōi | *manalausaimaz | *manalausammai | *manalausaimaz |
| instrumental | *manalausanō | *manalausaimiz | *manalausaizō | *manalausaimiz | *manalausanō | *manalausaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *manalausô | *manalausaniz | *manalausǭ | *manalausōniz | *manalausô | *manalausōnō |
| accusative | *manalausanų | *manalausanunz | *manalausōnų | *manalausōnunz | *manalausô | *manalausōnō |
| genitive | *manalausiniz | *manalausanǫ̂ | *manalausōniz | *manalausōnǫ̂ | *manalausiniz | *manalausanǫ̂ |
| dative | *manalausini | *manalausammaz | *manalausōni | *manalausōmaz | *manalausini | *manalausammaz |
| instrumental | *manalausinē | *manalausammiz | *manalausōnē | *manalausōmiz | *manalausinē | *manalausammiz |
Descendants
- Old English: manleās
- English: manless
- Dutch: manloos
- Old Saxon: manlōs
- Middle Low German: manlōs
- German: mannlos
- Old Norse: mannlauss
- Icelandic: mannlauss
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*mann-lausaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 260