Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jungiʀō

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

Alternative reconstructions

*jų̄giʀō[1]

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jungizô. Equivalent to *jung (“young”) +‎ *-iʀō. Cognate with Old Norse yngri (“younger”).

Adjective

*jungiʀō[1]

comparative degree of *jung (“young”): younger

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: ġingra
- Middle English: yongere, yonger, yongur, yonker, yungur, yungger, ȝongore, ȝongor, ȝunngre, gingre
  - Middle English: younger
Old Frisian: jungera
Old Saxon: jungaro, jungro
Old Dutch: *jungiro
- Middle Low German: jonger
  - Dutch: jonger
Old High German: jūgiro, jungiro, jungoro
- Middle High German: junger
  - German: jünger

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225: “PWGmc *jų̄gizō ~ *jungizō”

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[DOE-1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225: “PWGmc *jų̄gizō ~ *jungizō”