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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīnaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *séynos, equivalent to the genitive form of Proto-Germanic *se-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiː.nɑz/
Determiner
*sīnaz
- his/her/its/their own; reflexive possessive
Inflection
Declension of *sīnaz (a-stem, strong only)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *sīnaz | *sīnai | *sīnō | *sīnôz | *sīną, *-at(ō) | *sīnō |
| accusative | *sīnanǭ | *sīnanz | *sīnǭ | *sīnōz | *sīną, *-at(ō) | *sīnō |
| genitive | *sīnas, *sīnis | *sīnaizǫ̂ | *sīnaizōz | *sīnaizǫ̂ | *sīnas, *sīnis | *sīnaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *sīnammai | *sīnaimaz | *sīnaizōi | *sīnaimaz | *sīnammai | *sīnaimaz |
| instrumental | *sīnanō | *sīnaimiz | *sīnaizō | *sīnaimiz | *sīnanō | *sīnaimiz |
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 |
Derived terms
- *sīnagernaz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *sīn
- Old English: sīn
- Old Frisian: sīn
- Saterland Frisian: sin
- West Frisian: syn
- Old Saxon: sīn
- Middle Low German: sîn
- German Low German: sien
- Low German: sin
- Middle Low German: sîn
- Old Dutch: sīn
- Middle Dutch: sijn
- Dutch: zijn
- Limburgish: zeen
- Middle Dutch: sijn
- Old High German: sīn
- Middle High German: sīn
- Alemannic German: siin
- Cimbrian: zain, soi
- German: sein
- Hunsrik: sein
- Luxembourgish: säin
- Yiddish: זײַן (zayn)
- Middle High German: sīn
- Old Norse: sínn
- Icelandic: sinn
- Faroese: sín
- Old Swedish: sīn
- Swedish: sin
- Danish: sin
- Norwegian Bokmål: sin
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sin
- Westrobothnian: sänn
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (seins)