Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gamainī

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

    From Proto-Germanic *gamainiz +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix).

    Adjective

    *gamainī[1]

    1. common
    2. shared, communal

    Inflection

    ja-stem
    Singular Masculine
    Nominative *gamainī
    Genitive *gamainijas
    Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative *gamainī *gamainiju *gamainī
    Accusative *gamainijanā *gamainijā *gamainī
    Genitive *gamainijas *gamainijeʀā *gamainijas
    Dative *gamainijumē *gamainijeʀē *gamainijumē
    Instrumental *gamainiju *gamainijeʀu *gamainiju
    Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative *gamainijē *gamainijō *gamainiju
    Accusative *gamainijā *gamainijā *gamainiju
    Genitive *gamainijeʀō *gamainijeʀō *gamainijeʀō
    Dative *gamainijēm, *gamainijum *gamainijēm, *gamainijum *gamainijēm, *gamainijum
    Instrumental *gamainijēm, *gamainijum *gamainijēm, *gamainijum *gamainijēm, *gamainijum

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Old English: ġemǣne
      • Middle English: ȝemene, imæne, imeane, imene
    • Old Frisian: gemēne
    • Old Saxon: gimēni
    • Old Dutch: *gimēni
    • Old High German: gimeini
      • Middle High German: gemeine
        • German: gemein
        • Luxembourgish: gemeeng
      • ⇒ Old High German: gimeinī (noun)

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234: “PWGmc *gamainī”
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