Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-wintruz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-wintruz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from the noun *wintruz (“winter, year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwin.truz/

Suffix

*-wintruz

1. years old
2. years lasting

Usage notes

• Adjectives with this suffix were used both attributively (*twalifwintruz maguz = “twelve-year-old boy”) and predicatively (maguz twalifwintruz isti = “the boy is twelve years old”).

Declension

Declension of *-wintruz (u-stem)

strong declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*-wintruz	*-wintrijai	*-wintrī	*-wintrijôz	*-wintrų, *-jatō	*-wintrijō
accusative	*-wintrijanǭ	*-wintrijanz	*-wintrijǭ	*-wintrijōz	*-wintrų, *-jatō	*-wintrijō
genitive	*-wintrijas, *-wintrīs	*-wintrijaizǫ̂	*-wintrijaizōz	*-wintrijaizǫ̂	*-wintrijas, *-wintrīs	*-wintrijaizǫ̂
dative	*-wintrijammai	*-wintrijaimaz	*-wintrijaizōi	*-wintrijaimaz	*-wintrijammai	*-wintrijaimaz
instrumental	*-wintrijanō	*-wintrijaimiz	*-wintrijaizō	*-wintrijaimiz	*-wintrijanō	*-wintrijaimiz
weak declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*-wintrijô	*-wintrijaniz	*-wintrijǭ	*-wintrijōniz	*-wintrijô	*-wintrijōnō
accusative	*-wintrijanų	*-wintrijanunz	*-wintrijōnų	*-wintrijōnunz	*-wintrijô	*-wintrijōnō
genitive	*-wintrīniz	*-wintrijanǫ̂	*-wintrijōniz	*-wintrijōnǫ̂	*-wintrīniz	*-wintrijanǫ̂
dative	*-wintrīni	*-wintrijammaz	*-wintrijōni	*-wintrijōmaz	*-wintrīni	*-wintrijammaz
instrumental	*-wintrīnē	*-wintrijammiz	*-wintrijōnē	*-wintrijōmiz	*-wintrīnē	*-wintrijammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *-wintrī
  • Old English: -wintre
    • Middle English: -winter
• Old Norse: -vetr
• Gothic: -𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 (-wintrus)