unker
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English uncer, genitive form of wit, from Proto-Germanic *unkeraz, possessive of *wet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈunkər/
Determiner
unker (nominative pronoun wit)
- (Early Middle English) First-person dual possessive determiner: both of our.
See also
Middle English personal pronouns
| nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | possessive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st-person | I, ich, ik | me | min mi1 | min | ||
| 2nd-person | þou | þe | þin þi1 | þin | |||
| 3rd-person | m | he | him hine2 | him | his | his hisen | |
| f | sche, heo | hire heo |
hire | hire hires, hiren | |||
| n | hit | hit him2 | his, hit | — | |||
| dual3 | 1st-person | wit | unk | unker | |||
| 2nd-person | ȝit | inc | inker | ||||
| plural | 1st-person | we | us, ous | oure | oure oures, ouren | ||
| 2nd-person4 | ye | yow | your | your youres, youren | |||
| 3rd-person | inh. | he | hem he2 | hem | here | here heres, heren | |
| bor. | þei | þem, þeim | þeir | þeir þeires, þeiren | |||
1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Pronoun
unker (nominative wit)
- (Early Middle English) First-person dual genitive pronoun: both of ours, the two of ours.
References
- “unker, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.
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