Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-annjē

This Proto-West 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Often derived from *-an (infinitival suffix) +‎ -jē (ja-stem dative singular), with West Germanic gemination, though the addition of the ja-stem suffix when the uninflected infinitive was formally a plain a-stem would thus be puzzling. Therefore it has been suggested that this suffix (alongside *-annjas, *-annju) reflects a different and later morphologisation of a deverbal noun than that which produced the uninflected infinitive.

Suffix

*-annjē

  1. The dative infinitive suffix of strong verbs and preterite-present verbs.

Usage notes

  • Forms with -ende in Anglic, Frisian and Low German are influenced by the reflexes of *-andī, while the more widespread forms in -ene reflect a proclivity for neutralising the distinction between singleton and geminate consonants in later Germanic.
  • *-annjas (genitive infinitive)
  • *-annju (instrumental infinitive)

Derived terms

  • *-jannjē, *-ōnnjē

Descendants

References

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