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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ainahô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *HoynHóḱo-, an adjectival derivation from Proto-Indo-European *Hoy- (“one”). Compare Latin ūnicus (“only, sole”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯.nɑ.xɔːː/

Adjective

*ainahô[1]

  1. only, single, sole

Inflection
Declension of *ainahô (an/īn-stem)
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *ainahô *ainahaniz *ainahį̄ *ainahīniz *ainahô *ainahōnō
Accusative *ainahanų *ainahanunz *ainahīnų *ainahīnunz *ainahô *ainahōnō
Genitive *ainahiniz *ainahanǫ̂ *ainahīniz *ainahīnǫ̂ *ainahiniz *ainahanǫ̂
Dative *ainahini *ainahammaz *ainahīni *ainahīmaz *ainahini *ainahammaz
Instrumental *ainahinē *ainahammiz *ainahīnē *ainahīmiz *ainahinē *ainahammiz


Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *ainahō
    • Old English: ānga, ǣnga
  • Old Norse: einga
    • Old Swedish: enga, ænga
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐌰 (ainaha)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ainahan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 11
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