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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ain
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ainaz.
Adjective
*ain[1]
- one
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *ain | ||
| Genitive | *ainas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ain | *ainu | *ain |
| Accusative | *ainanā | *ainā | *ain |
| Genitive | *ainas | *aineʀā | *ainas |
| Dative | *ainumē | *aineʀē | *ainumē |
| Instrumental | *ainu | *aineʀu | *ainu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ainē | *ainō | *ainu |
| Accusative | *ainā | *ainā | *ainu |
| Genitive | *aineʀō | *aineʀō | *aineʀō |
| Dative | *ainēm, *ainum | *ainēm, *ainum | *ainēm, *ainum |
| Instrumental | *ainēm, *ainum | *ainēm, *ainum | *ainēm, *ainum |
Descendants
- Old English: ān
- Middle English: an, oan, on, oon, a, o, oo
- English: one, an, a
- Scots: ane, ae
- Yola: oan
- Middle English: an, oan, on, oon, a, o, oo
- Old Frisian: ēn, ān
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum: een m, ian f or n
- Helgoland: iaan, jaan
- Mooring: ån m, iinj f or n
- Sylt: jen
- Wiedingharde: aarn m, iin f or n
- Saterland Frisian: aan, een
- West Frisian: ien
- North Frisian:
- Old Saxon: ēn
- Middle Low German: ên, ein
- Low German:
- German Low German: een (Hamburger)
- Westphalian:
- Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: åine
- Sauerländisch: ên
- Westmünsterländisch: een, eene, ne
- Plautdietsch: een
- Low German:
- Middle Low German: ên, ein
- Old Dutch: ēn
- Middle Dutch: êen
- Dutch: een
- Afrikaans: een, 'n
- West Flemish: ien, jin
- Dutch: een
- Limburgish: ein
- Middle Dutch: êen
- Old High German: ein
- Middle High German: ein
- Alemannic German: ain, äin, a, an, en
- Bavarian: a
- Cimbrian: ummaz, òan
- Central Franconian:
- Ripuarian: ne
- East Central German: ä, e
- German: ein
- Luxembourgish: een
- Rhine Franconian:
- Hessian: e
- Yiddish: איין (eyn), אַ (a), אַן (an)
- Middle High German: ein
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 120: “*ain”