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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ain

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 *ainaz.

Adjective

Proto-West Germanic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *ain

*ain[1]

  1. one

Inflection

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *ain
Genitive *ainas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *ain *ainu *ain
Accusative *ainanā *ainā *ain
Genitive *ainas *aineʀā *ainas
Dative *ainumē *aineʀē *ainumē
Instrumental *ainu *aineʀu *ainu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *ainē *ainō *ainu
Accusative *ainā *ainā *ainu
Genitive *aineʀō *aineʀō *aineʀō
Dative *ainēm, *ainum *ainēm, *ainum *ainēm, *ainum
Instrumental *ainēm, *ainum *ainēm, *ainum *ainēm, *ainum

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 120:*ain
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