Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/minnizô

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 an adjectival stem *minn- (compare the adverb *minniz), from Proto-Indo-European *mey-n- (“small”), suffixed with *-izô. Cognate with Latin minor, minus.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmin.ni.zɔːː/

Adjective

*minnizô (adverb *minniz)

  1. comparative degree of *lītilaz

Inflection

Declension of *minnizô (an/īn-stem)
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *minnizô *minnizį̄ *minnizô *minnizaniz *minnizīniz *minnizōnō
accusative *minnizanų *minnizīnų *minnizô *minnizanunz *minnizīnunz *minnizōnō
genitive *minniziniz *minnizīniz *minniziniz *minnizanǫ̂ *minnizīnǫ̂ *minnizanǫ̂
dative *minnizini *minnizīni *minnizini *minnizammaz *minnizīmaz *minnizammaz
instrumental *minnizinē *minnizīnē *minnizinē *minnizammiz *minnizīmiz *minnizammiz

Derived terms

  • *minnaz (OE minn)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*minniz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369
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