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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mīnaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *méynos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiː.nɑz/
Determiner
*mīnaz
- my, mine; 1st person singular possessive
Inflection
Declension of *mīnaz (a-stem, strong only)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *mīnaz | *mīnai | *mīnō | *mīnôz | *mīną, *-at(ō) | *mīnō |
| accusative | *mīnanǭ | *mīnanz | *mīnǭ | *mīnōz | *mīną, *-at(ō) | *mīnō |
| genitive | *mīnas, *mīnis | *mīnaizǫ̂ | *mīnaizōz | *mīnaizǫ̂ | *mīnas, *mīnis | *mīnaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *mīnammai | *mīnaimaz | *mīnaizōi | *mīnaimaz | *mīnammai | *mīnaimaz |
| instrumental | *mīnanō | *mīnaimiz | *mīnaizō | *mīnaimiz | *mīnanō | *mīnaimiz |
Proto-Germanic personal pronouns
| singular | first person | second person | reflexive |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ek (unstr. *ik) | *þū | (*se-) |
| accusative | *mek (unstr. *mik) | *þek (unstr. *þik) | *sek (unstr. *sik) |
| dative/instr | *miz | *þiz | *siz |
| possessive | *mīnaz | *þīnaz | *sīnaz |
| dual | first person | second person | reflexive |
| nominative | *wet (unstr. *wit) | *jut, *jit | (*se-) |
| accusative | *unk | *inkw | *sek (unstr. *sik) |
| dative/instr | *unkiz | *inkwiz | *siz |
| possessive | *unkeraz | *inkweraz | *sīnaz |
| plural | first person | second person | reflexive |
| nominative | *wīz (unstr. *wiz) | *jūz, *jīz | (*se-) |
| accusative | *uns | *izwiz | *sek (unstr. *sik) |
| dative/instr | *unsiz | *izwiz | *siz |
| possessive | *unseraz | *izweraz | *sīnaz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *mīn
- Old English: mīn
- Middle English: min
- English: mine
- Scots: mine
- ⇒ Middle English: mi, me, mie, my (apocopated)
- English: my
- Scots: my, ma
- Yola: mee
- Middle English: min
- Old Frisian: mīn
- North Frisian: man
- Saterland Frisian: min, mien
- West Frisian: myn
- Old Saxon: mīn
- Middle Low German: mīn
- German Low German: mien
- Middle Low German: mīn
- Old Dutch: mīn
- Middle Dutch: mijn
- Dutch: mijn
- Limburgish: mien
- Middle Dutch: mijn
- Old High German: mīn
- Middle High German: mīn
- Alemannic German: miin, myn
- Bavarian: mia
- Cimbrian: main, moi
- Hunsrik: mein
- Luxembourgish: mäin
- German: mein
- Vilamovian: maj
- Yiddish: מײַן (mayn)
- Middle High German: mīn
- Old English: mīn
- Proto-Norse: ᛗᛁᚾᛁᚾᛟ (minino) (m. acc. sg.), ᛗᛁᚾᚨᛊ (minas) (m. gen. sg.), ᛗᛁᚾᚢ (minu) (f. nom. sg.)
- Old Norse: mínn, minn
- Icelandic: minn
- Faroese: mín
- Norwegian: min
- Westrobothnian: männ
- Old Swedish: mīn
- Swedish: min
- Danish: min
- Old Norse: mínn, minn
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (meins)
- Crimean Gothic: mine