-ᛁᚾᚨᛉ
Proto-Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-anaz, the ending of all past participles of strong verbs, itself from Proto-Indo-European *-nós. The shift of *-an- to -in- can also be seen ᛗᛁᚾᛁᚾᛟ (minino) from Proto-Germanic *mīnanǭ. For more information see Ringe 2014, pages 18-20.
Usage notes
- This suffix causes a-umlaut in Old Norse, and is thus expected to do so already in Proto-Norse (cf. ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna, “horn”) from Proto-Germanic *hurną). This is however not certain due to the poor attestation of the language.
Descendants
Further reading
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 18-20
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