Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jugunþi

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 *jugunþiz.

Noun

*jugunþi f[1]

youth

Inflection

I-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*jugunþi	*jugunþī
Accusative	*jugunþi	*jugunþī
Genitive	*jugunþī	*jugunþijō
Dative	*jugunþī	*jugunþim
Instrumental	*jugunþī	*jugunþim

Descendants

Old English: ġeoguþ, ġeogoþ
- Middle English: ȝeoȝuthe, ȝuwethe, youthe
  - Scots: ȝouthe, ȝouth, ȝowth, ȝewth, youth
  - English: youth
Old Frisian: jogethe
- Saterland Frisian: Juugd
- West Frisian: jeugd
Old Saxon: juguth, jugud
- Middle Low German: jōged
  - German Low German: Jöögd
Old Dutch: *juguth, iuginde
- Middle Dutch: jōghet, jōgede
  - Dutch: jeugd
Old High German: jugund
- Middle High German: jugent
  - German: Jugend
  - Yiddish: יוגנט‎ (yugnt)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *jugunþi”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *jugunþi”