Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gamainiskapi

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 *gamainī +‎ *-skapi.

Noun

*gamainiskapi m[1]

  1. community

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *gamainiskapi
Genitive *gamainiskapī
Singular Plural
Nominative *gamainiskapi *gamainiskapī
Accusative *gamainiskapi *gamainiskapī
Genitive *gamainiskapī *gamainiskappjō
Dative *gamainiskapī *gamainiskapim, *gamainiskappjum
Instrumental *gamainiskapī *gamainiskapim, *gamainiskappjum

Descendants

  • Old English: ġemǣnsċipe
  • Old Dutch: *gimēnscap
  • Old High German: gimeinscaf

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 132: “PWGmc *gamainiskapi”
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