Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/minnjusam

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 *minnju (“love”) +‎ *-sam.

Adjective

*minnjusam

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*minnjusam
Genitive	*minnjusamas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*minnjusam	*minnjusamu	*minnjusam
Accusative	*minnjusamanā	*minnjusamā	*minnjusam
Genitive	*minnjusamas	*minnjusameʀā	*minnjusamas
Dative	*minnjusamumē	*minnjusameʀē	*minnjusamumē
Instrumental	*minnjusamu	*minnjusameʀu	*minnjusamu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*minnjusamē	*minnjusamō	*minnjusamu
Accusative	*minnjusamā	*minnjusamā	*minnjusamu
Genitive	*minnjusameʀō	*minnjusameʀō	*minnjusameʀō
Dative	minnjusamēm, minnjusamum	minnjusamēm, minnjusamum	minnjusamēm, minnjusamum
Instrumental	minnjusamēm, minnjusamum	minnjusamēm, minnjusamum	minnjusamēm, minnjusamum

Descendants

Old Frisian: *minnesum
- West Frisian: minsum
Old Saxon: *minnasam
- Middle Low German: minnesam, minsam
Old Dutch: *minnesam
- Middle Dutch: minsam, minnesam
  - Dutch: minzaam
    - Afrikaans: minsaam
- ⇒ Old Dutch: giminnesam
  - Middle Dutch: geminsam
Old High German: minnasam, minnisam
- Middle High German: minnesam