Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unciju

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 Latin uncia. Parallel borrowing with Old Norse unzia, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌾𐌰 (unkja).

Noun

*unciju f

ounce
unit of money

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*unciju
Genitive	*uncijā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*unciju	*uncijō
Accusative	*uncijā	*uncijā
Genitive	*uncijā	*uncijō
Dative	*uncijē	uncijōm, uncijum
Instrumental	*unciju	uncijōm, uncijum

Descendants

Old English: ynċe m, yndse, yntse f
- Middle English: ynche, ench, enche, inch, inche, neynche, ninche, unch, unche, ynch
  - English: inch (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: inch
Old Frisian: enze, ense, einse
- West Frisian: ûns
Old Saxon: *uncia, *unzia
- Middle Low German: unse, unze, untze
  - German Low German: Oons, Oos
Old Dutch: *unca
- Middle Dutch: once, onse, unce, unse, unx
  - Dutch: ons
Old High German: unza
- Middle High German: unze, unz
  - German: Unze
- Yiddish: אונץ (unts)

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