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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *unnaną (“to bestow”) + *-þiz (“nominal suffix”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*undiz f[1]
- favour
- affection
Inflection
Declension of *undiz (i-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*undiz
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*undīz
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| vocative
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*undi
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*undīz
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| accusative
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*undį
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*undinz
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| genitive
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*undīz
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*undijǫ̂
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| dative
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*undī
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*undimaz
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| instrumental
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*undī
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*undimiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
Remodeled as a sti-stem in West Germanic.
- Proto-West Germanic: *unsti
- ⇒ Old Frisian: gunst
- Old Saxon: unst
- → Swedish: ynnest
- → Danish: yndest
- ⇒ Old Dutch: *gunst
- Old High German: unst
- Middle High German: unst
- ⇒ Middle High German: gunst
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*undi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 559: “*undi-”