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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-g
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Proto-West Germanic
Alternative forms
- *-ag, *-ig, *-īg
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-gaz.
Suffix
*-g
- Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a sense of being, having, or doing.
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *-g | ||
| Genitive | *-gas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *-g | *-gu | *-g |
| Accusative | *-ganā | *-gā | *-g |
| Genitive | *-gas | *-geʀā | *-gas |
| Dative | *-gumē | *-geʀē | *-gumē |
| Instrumental | *-gu | *-geʀu | *-gu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *-gē | *-gō | *-gu |
| Accusative | *-gā | *-gā | *-gu |
| Genitive | *-geʀō | *-geʀō | *-geʀō |
| Dative | *-gēm, *-gum | *-gēm, *-gum | *-gēm, *-gum |
| Instrumental | *-gēm, *-gum | *-gēm, *-gum | *-gēm, *-gum |
Derived terms
Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-g
Descendants
- Old English: -iġ, -iċ, -eġ
- Middle English: -iȝ, -i, -y, -ich
- English: -y, -ey, -ie
- Scots: -ie
- Middle English: -iȝ, -i, -y, -ich
- Old Frisian: -ich
- Saterland Frisian: -ich
- West Frisian: -ich
- Old Saxon: -ag, -ig
- Middle Low German: -ig, -ich
- German Low German: -ig
- Middle Low German: -ig, -ich
- Old Dutch: *-ag, -ig
- Middle Dutch: -ich, -ech
- Dutch: -ig
- Middle Dutch: -ich, -ech
- Old High German: -ag, -ig, -īg
- Middle High German: -ig
- German: -ig, -ich
- Yiddish: ־יק (-ik), ־יג (-ig)
- Luxembourgish: -eg
- Middle High German: -ig