Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jugunþi

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 *jugunþiz.

Noun

*jugunþi f[1]

youth

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*jugunþi
Genitive	*jugunþī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*jugunþi	*jugunþī
Accusative	*jugunþi	*jugunþī
Genitive	*jugunþī	*jugunþijō
Dative	*jugunþī	jugunþim, jugunþijum
Instrumental	*jugunþī	jugunþim, jugunþijum

Descendants

Old English: ġeoguþ
- Middle English: youthe
  - English: youth (obsolete yought)
  - Middle Scots: ȝouthe, ȝouth, ȝowth, ȝewth, youth
    - Scots: youth
Old Frisian: jogethe
- Saterland Frisian: Juugd
- West Frisian: jeugd
Old Saxon: juguth, jugud
- Middle Low German: jōged
  - German Low German: Jöögd
Old Dutch: *juguth, iuginde
- Middle Dutch: jōghet, jōgede
  - Dutch: jeugd
Old High German: jugund
- Middle High German: jugent
  - German: Jugend
  - Luxembourgish: Jugend
  - Yiddish: יוגנט (yugnt)

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *jugunþi”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *jugunþi”