Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nunnā

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nunna (“nun”), from Late Latin nonna.

Noun

*nunnā f

(Christianity) nun

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nunnā
Genitive	*nunnōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nunnā	*nunnōn
Accusative	*nunnōn	*nunnōn
Genitive	*nunnōn	*nunnōnō
Dative	*nunnōn	nunnōm, nunnum
Instrumental	*nunnōn	nunnōm, nunnum

Alternative reconstructions

*nunnjā

Descendants

Old English: nunne, nonne
- Middle English: nonne, nunne
  - English: nun
  - Scots: nun
Old Saxon: *nunna
- Middle Low German: nunne, nonne
  - → Old Norse: nunna
    - Danish: nonne
    - Faroese: nunna
    - Icelandic: nunna
    - Norwegian Bokmål: nonne
    - Swedish: nunna (see there for further descendants)
Old Dutch: *nunna
- Middle Dutch: nonne
  - Dutch: non
Old High German: nunna, nonna
- Middle High German: nonne, nunne
  - German: Nonne
  - Luxembourgish: Nonn

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