Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gamainī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gamainiz.

Adjective

*gamainī[1]

common
shared, communal

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*gamainī	*gamainiju	*gamainī
Accusative	*gamainijanā	*gamainijā	*gamainī
Genitive	*gamainijas	*gamainijeʀā	*gamainijas
Dative	*gamainijumē	*gamainijeʀē	*gamainijumē
Instrumental	*gamainiju	*gamainijeʀu	*gamainiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*gamainijē	*gamainijō	*gamainiju
Accusative	*gamainijā	*gamainijā	*gamainiju
Genitive	*gamainijeʀō	*gamainijeʀō	*gamainijeʀō
Dative	*gamainijēm	*gamainijēm	*gamainijēm
Instrumental	*gamainijēm	*gamainijēm	*gamainijēm

Derived terms

*gamainiskapi

Descendants

Old English: ġemǣne
- Middle English: ȝemæne, imene, mene
  - Scots: mein, mean
  - English: mean
Old Frisian: gemēne
- Saterland Frisian: gemeen
- West Frisian: mien, gemien
Old Saxon: gimēni
- Middle Low German: gemêne, gemeine, gemên
  - Low German: gemeen
  - → Swedish: gemen
Old Dutch: *gimēni
- Middle Dutch: gemêne
  - Dutch: gemeen
    - Afrikaans: gemeen
Old High German: gimeini
- Middle High German: gemeine
  - German: gemein
- → Polish: gmina
  - → Ukrainian: ґміна (gmina)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234: “PWGmc *gamainī”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234: “PWGmc *gamainī”