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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ainijaz

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.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

The details of the derivation and those of the supposed cognates are uncertain, but seemingly related to the beginning element of Latin iūniperus (“juniper”), as well as perhaps to Hittite 𒂊𒅀𒀭 (e-i̯a-an /⁠ei̯an-⁠/, “(a kind of) evergreen tree (yew?)”), in which case they may be from a Proto-Indo-European acrostatic n-stem noun *h₁óy-n- ~ *h₁éy-n-s. The Germanic form points to *h₁oy-n-yo-; also, it probably began as a collective formation.[2]

Compare also *īhwaz.

Noun

*ainijaz m[2]

  1. (North Germanic) juniper

Inflection
masculine ja-stemDeclension of *ainijaz (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ainijaz *ainijōz, *ainijōs
vocative *ainī *ainijōz, *ainijōs
accusative *ainiją *ainijanz
genitive *ainijas, *ainīs *ainijǫ̂
dative *ainijai *ainijamaz
instrumental *ainijō *ainijamiz

Descendants
  • Old Norse: einir
    • Icelandic: einir
    • Faroese: eini
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: eine, einer
    • Norwegian Bokmål: einer
    • Elfdalian: ien, iene
    • Old Swedish: ēn, ēne
    • Danish: ene, ener
      • Norwegian Bokmål: ener

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*jainjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 205
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ainja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 12
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