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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þornag
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *þorn + *-g.
Adjective
*þornag
- full of thorns, thorny
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *þornag | ||
| Genitive | *þornagas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *þornag | *þornagu | *þornag |
| Accusative | *þornaganā | *þornagā | *þornag |
| Genitive | *þornagas | *þornageʀā | *þornagas |
| Dative | *þornagumē | *þornageʀē | *þornagumē |
| Instrumental | *þornagu | *þornageʀu | *þornagu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *þornagē | *þornagō | *þornagu |
| Accusative | *þornagā | *þornagā | *þornagu |
| Genitive | *þornageʀō | *þornageʀō | *þornageʀō |
| Dative | *þornagēm, *þornagum | *þornagēm, *þornagum | *þornagēm, *þornagum |
| Instrumental | *þornagēm, *þornagum | *þornagēm, *þornagum | *þornagēm, *þornagum |
Descendants
- Old English: þorniġ
- Middle English: þorni, thorny
- English: thorny
- Scots: thorny
- Middle English: þorni, thorny
- Old Frisian: *thornich
- West Frisian: toarnich
- Old Saxon: *thornig
- Middle Low German: dōrnich, dörnich
- Low German: doornig
- Middle Low German: dōrnich, dörnich
- Old Dutch: *thornig
- Middle Dutch: *dornig
- Dutch: doornig
- Middle Dutch: *dornig
- Old High German: *dornag, *dornig
- Middle High German: dornec, dornic
- German: dornig
- Middle High German: dornec, dornic