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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hailagnassī
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *hailag + *-nassī.
Noun
*hailagnassī f
- holiness
Inflection
| īn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *hailagnassī | |
| Genitive | *hailagnassīn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hailagnassī | — |
| Accusative | *hailagnassīn | — |
| Genitive | *hailagnassīn | — |
| Dative | *hailagnassīn | — |
| Instrumental | *hailagnassīn | — |
Descendants
- Old English: hāliġnes, hāliġnys, hāliġnis
- Middle English: halinesse, holinesse, holynesse
- English: holiness
- Scots: halynes, halines
- Middle English: halinesse, holinesse, holynesse
- Old Frisian: *hēlgnis, *hēlichnis
- West Frisian: hilligens
- Old High German: heilagnissi, heilagnissī, heilīgnissi, heilīgnissī
- Middle High German: heilignis