Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gōdnassī

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 *gōd +‎ *-nassī.

Noun

*gōdnassī f

1. goodness

   Synonym: *gōdī

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gōdnassī
Genitive	*gōdnassīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gōdnassī	—
Accusative	*gōdnassīn	—
Genitive	*gōdnassīn	—
Dative	*gōdnassīn	—
Instrumental	*gōdnassīn	—

Descendants

• Old English: gōdnes, gōdness, gōdnys
  • Middle English: goodnesse, godenes, godenesse, godnes, godnese, godnesse, goodnes, guodnesse (Kent), goddnes, gudeness (Northern), godnæsse, godnisse, godnysse (Early Middle English)
    • English: goodness
    • Scots: guidness, gudeness
    • Yola: goounees, goouness
• Old Frisian: *gōdnisse, *gōdnis
  • West Frisian: goedens
• Old High German: guotnessī
  • Middle High German: guotnisse