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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/minnizô
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From an adjectival stem *minn- (compare the adverb *minniz), from Proto-Indo-European *mey-n- (“small”), suffixed with *-izô. Cognate with Latin minor, minus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmin.ni.zɔːː/
Adjective
*minnizô (adverb *minniz)
- comparative degree of *lītilaz
Inflection
Declension of *minnizô (an/īn-stem)
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
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Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *minnizô | *minnizaniz | *minnizį̄ | *minnizīniz | *minnizô | *minnizōnō |
Accusative | *minnizanų | *minnizanunz | *minnizīnų | *minnizīnunz | *minnizô | *minnizōnō |
Genitive | *minniziniz | *minnizanǫ̂ | *minnizīniz | *minnizīnǫ̂ | *minniziniz | *minnizanǫ̂ |
Dative | *minnizini | *minnizammaz | *minnizīni | *minnizīmaz | *minnizini | *minnizammaz |
Instrumental | *minnizinē | *minnizammiz | *minnizīnē | *minnizīmiz | *minnizinē | *minnizammiz |
Derived terms
- *minnisōną
Related terms
- *minnaz (OE minn)
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *minniʀō
- Old Saxon: minniro
- Old Dutch: minniro
- Middle Dutch: minre
- Dutch: minder
- Middle Dutch: minre
- Old High German: minniro
- Middle High German: minder, minner, minre
- Cimbrian: mindor
- German: minder
- Luxembourgish: manner
- Middle High German: minder, minner, minre
- Old Norse: minni
- Icelandic: minni
- Faroese: minni
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mindre
- Norwegian Bokmål: mindre
- Old Swedish: minne, mindre
- Swedish: mindre
- Old Danish: minnæ, mindræ
- Danish: mindre
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰 (minniza)