"-gin" meaning in Proto-Germanic

See -gin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /ɣin/
Etymology: From a variant or development of the root found in Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + particle *ne. Etymology templates: {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro|*kʷos}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷos
  1. Attaches to indefinite pronouns, with the suffixed word often being preceded by the particle *ne or *ni. Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en--gin-gem-pro-particle-SC9SxpVa Categories (other): Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Germanic particles Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic particles: 73 27
  2. Attaches to indefinite adverbs, with the suffixed word often being preceded by the particle *ne or *ni. Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en--gin-gem-pro-particle-Yi8GpHHr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -hun

Download JSON data for -gin meaning in Proto-Germanic (3.3kB)

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "-ġen"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: -ġen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: -ġen (hwerġen, hwærn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "-gin"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: -gin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: -gin (hwargin, hwergin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "-gen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: -gen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: -gen (irgen, jergen, jerne)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "-gin"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: -gin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: -gin (iowergin, niergen)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "-gen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: -gen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: -gen (ergen, nergen)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "-gens"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: -gens",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: -gens (ergens, nergens)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "-gin"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: -gin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: -gin (wergin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "-gen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: -gen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: -gen (irgen)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "irgend"
          },
          "expansion": "German: irgend",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "(German: irgend)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "-gi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: -gi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: -gi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "hvergi"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: hvergi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "(Icelandic: hvergi, manngi, hvorki, hvorugur, einungis, enginn, vettugi, öldungis)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "hverken"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: hverken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "(Danish: hverken, ingen, ikke, aldrig, ej)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷos",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a variant or development of the root found in Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + particle *ne.",
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-gin",
  "pos": "particle",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-hun"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Attaches to indefinite pronouns, with the suffixed word often being preceded by the particle *ne or *ni."
      ],
      "id": "en--gin-gem-pro-particle-SC9SxpVa",
      "links": [
        [
          "*ne",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ne#English"
        ],
        [
          "*ni",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ni#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Attaches to indefinite adverbs, with the suffixed word often being preceded by the particle *ne or *ni."
      ],
      "id": "en--gin-gem-pro-particle-Yi8GpHHr",
      "links": [
        [
          "*ne",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ne#English"
        ],
        [
          "*ni",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ni#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣin/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-gin"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-Germanic particles",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "-ġen"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: -ġen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: -ġen (hwerġen, hwærn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "-gin"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: -gin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: -gin (hwargin, hwergin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "-gen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: -gen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: -gen (irgen, jergen, jerne)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "-gin"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: -gin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: -gin (iowergin, niergen)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "-gen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: -gen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: -gen (ergen, nergen)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "-gens"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: -gens",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: -gens (ergens, nergens)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "-gin"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: -gin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: -gin (wergin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "-gen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: -gen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: -gen (irgen)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "irgend"
          },
          "expansion": "German: irgend",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "(German: irgend)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "-gi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: -gi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: -gi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "hvergi"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: hvergi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "(Icelandic: hvergi, manngi, hvorki, hvorugur, einungis, enginn, vettugi, öldungis)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "hverken"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: hverken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "(Danish: hverken, ingen, ikke, aldrig, ej)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷos",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a variant or development of the root found in Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + particle *ne.",
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-gin",
  "pos": "particle",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-hun"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Attaches to indefinite pronouns, with the suffixed word often being preceded by the particle *ne or *ni."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "*ne",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ne#English"
        ],
        [
          "*ni",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ni#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Attaches to indefinite adverbs, with the suffixed word often being preceded by the particle *ne or *ni."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "*ne",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ne#English"
        ],
        [
          "*ni",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ni#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣin/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-gin"
}

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