Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hailagnassī

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 *hailag +‎ *-nassī.

Noun

*hailagnassī f

holiness

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hailagnassī
Genitive	*hailagnassīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hailagnassī	—
Accusative	*hailagnassīn	—
Genitive	*hailagnassīn	—
Dative	*hailagnassīn	—
Instrumental	*hailagnassīn	—

Descendants

Old English: hāliġnes, hāliġnys, hāliġnis
- Middle English: halinesse, holinesse, holynesse
  - English: holiness
  - Scots: halynes, halines
Old Frisian: *hēlgnis, *hēlichnis
- West Frisian: hilligens
Old High German: heilagnissi, heilagnissī, heilīgnissi, heilīgnissī
- Middle High German: heilignis

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