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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wunnjusam
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Proto-West Germanic
Alternative forms
- *wuniusam
Etymology
From *wunnju + *-sam.
Adjective
*wunnjusam
- joyful, delightful
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *wunnjusam | ||
| Genitive | *wunnjusamas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *wunnjusam | *wunnjusamu | *wunnjusam |
| Accusative | *wunnjusamanā | *wunnjusamā | *wunnjusam |
| Genitive | *wunnjusamas | *wunnjusameʀā | *wunnjusamas |
| Dative | *wunnjusamumē | *wunnjusameʀē | *wunnjusamumē |
| Instrumental | *wunnjusamu | *wunnjusameʀu | *wunnjusamu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *wunnjusamē | *wunnjusamō | *wunnjusamu |
| Accusative | *wunnjusamā | *wunnjusamā | *wunnjusamu |
| Genitive | *wunnjusameʀō | *wunnjusameʀō | *wunnjusameʀō |
| Dative | *wunnjusamēm, *wunnjusamum | *wunnjusamēm, *wunnjusamum | *wunnjusamēm, *wunnjusamum |
| Instrumental | *wunnjusamēm, *wunnjusamum | *wunnjusamēm, *wunnjusamum | *wunnjusamēm, *wunnjusamum |
Descendants
- Old English: wynsum, ƿynsum
- Middle English: wynsom, winsom, winsum, wunsum, wonsom, wonsome, wonsum
- English: winsome
- Scots: wunsome, winsome
- Middle English: wynsom, winsom, winsum, wunsum, wonsom, wonsome, wonsum
- Old Saxon: wunnisam, wunsam
- Middle Low German: wunnesam, wunsam
- Old High German: wunnisam
- Middle High German: wunnesam, wünnesam
- German: wonnesam
- Middle High German: wunnesam, wünnesam