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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jugunþiz

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

Etymology

From earlier *juwundiz (possibly influenced in form by *dugunþō), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yú-Hn̥-ti-s, from *h₂yéwHō (“young”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈju.ɣun.θiz/

Noun

*jugunþiz f

  1. (West Germanic) The state of being young; youth

Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *jugunþiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *jugunþiz *jugunþīz
vocative *jugunþi *jugunþīz
accusative *jugunþį *jugunþinz
genitive *jugunþīz *jugunþijǫ̂
dative *jugunþī *jugunþimaz
instrumental *jugunþī *jugunþimiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *jugunþi
    • Old English: ġeoguþ
      • Middle English: youthe
        • English: youth (obsolete yought)
        • Middle Scots: ȝouthe, ȝouth, ȝowth, ȝewth, youth
    • Old Frisian: jogethe
      • Saterland Frisian: Juugd
      • West Frisian: jeugd
    • Old Saxon: juguth, jugud
    • Old Dutch: *juguth, iuginde
      • Middle Dutch: jōghet, jōgede
    • Old High German: jugund
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