Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-inassuz

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

Reanalyzed from *-inōną +‎ *-assuz.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɑs.suz/

Noun

*-inassuz m

-ness

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *-inassuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*-inassuz	*-inassiwiz
vocative	*-inassu	*-inassiwiz
accusative	*-inassų	*-inassunz
genitive	*-inassauz	*-inassiwǫ̂
dative	*-inassiwi	*-inassumaz
instrumental	*-inassū	*-inassumiz

Derived terms

Category Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-inassuz not found

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *-nassī, *-nassi, *-nussi (feminine jo-stem)
- Old English: -nes, -ness, -nis, -niss, -nys, -nyss
  - Middle English: -nesse, -ness, -nes, -nece, -nesce, -nisse, -nis, -næse, -næs, -nez
    - English: -ness
    - Scots: -nes
- Old Frisian: -nisse, -ense
  - Saterland Frisian: -nisse, -nis
  - West Frisian: -ens
- Old Saxon: -nessi, -nissi, -nussi
  - Middle Low German: -nisse
    - Low German: -nis
- Old Dutch: -nissi, -nussi
  - Middle Dutch: -nisse
    - Dutch: -nis
      - Afrikaans: -nis
- Old High German: -nissi, -nussi
  - Middle High German: -nisse, -nusse, -nüsse (at least in rhyme)
    - German: -nis, -niß -nüß, -nuß
    - Yiddish: ־ניש (-nish)
Gothic: -𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 (-inassus)

References

^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “-nese”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 281
^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 131-132
^ Agee, Joshua (2018) A Glottometric Subgrouping of the Early Germanic (PhD thesis)‎^[1], →DOI

[1] Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “-nese”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 281

[2] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 131-132

[3] Agee, Joshua (2018) A Glottometric Subgrouping of the Early Germanic (PhD thesis)‎^[1], →DOI

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