Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unciju

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Latin uncia. Parallel borrowing with Old Norse unzia.

Noun

*unciju f

ounce
unit of money

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*unciju
Genitive	*uncijā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*unciju	*uncijō
Accusative	*uncijā	*uncijā
Genitive	*uncijā	*uncijō
Dative	*uncijē	*uncijōm
Instrumental	*unciju	*uncijōm

Descendants

Old English: ynċe m, yndse, yntse f
- Middle English: ynche, ynch, enche, ench, unche, unch, inche, inch, ninche, neynche
  - English: inch
  - Scots: inch
Old Frisian: enze, ense, einse
- West Frisian: ûns
Old Saxon: *uncia, *unzia
- Middle Low German: unse, unze, untze
  - German Low German: Oons, Oos
Old Dutch: *unca
- Middle Dutch: once, onse, unce, unse, unx
  - Dutch: ons
Old High German: unza
- Middle High German: unze, unz
  - German: Unze

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