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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-nassī
Proto-West Germanic
Alternative forms
- *-nussī (īn-stem; neuter ja-stem)
- *-nassi, *-nussi (feminine jo-stem)
Etymology
From *-nass, from Proto-Germanic *-inassuz, + *-ī.
Suffix
*-nassī f[1]
- Used to form abstract nouns, usually from adjectives, denoting quality or state; -ness
Inflection
īn-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *-nassī | |
Genitive | *-nassīn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *-nassī | — |
Accusative | *-nassīn | — |
Genitive | *-nassīn | — |
Dative | *-nassīn | — |
Instrumental | *-nassīn | — |
Neuter ja-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *-nassī | |
Genitive | *-nassijas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *-nassī | *-nassiju |
Accusative | *-nassī | *-nassiju |
Genitive | *-nassijas | *-nassijō |
Dative | *-nassijē | *-nassijum |
Instrumental | *-nassiju | *-nassijum |
Derived terms
Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-nassī
Descendants
- Old English: -nes, -ness, -nis, -nys
- Middle English: -nesse, -ness, -nes, -nece, -nesce, -nisse, -nis, -næse, -næs, -nez
- English: -ness
- Scots: -nes
- Middle English: -nesse, -ness, -nes, -nece, -nesce, -nisse, -nis, -næse, -næs, -nez
- Old Frisian: -nisse
- Saterland Frisian: -nisse, -nis
- West Frisian: -ens
- Old Saxon: -nissi, -nussi
- Middle Low German: -nisse
- Low German: -nis
- Middle Low German: -nisse
- Old Dutch: -nissi, -nussi
- Middle Dutch: -nisse
- Dutch: -nis
- Afrikaans: -nis
- Dutch: -nis
- Middle Dutch: -nisse
- Old High German: -nissi, -nussi
- Middle High German: -nisse, -nusse, -nüsse (at least in rhyme)
- German: -nis, -niß -nüß, -nuß
- Yiddish: -ניש (-nish)
- Middle High German: -nisse, -nusse, -nüsse (at least in rhyme)
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131: “*-nVssī”