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unker
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Old English uncer, genitive form of wit, from Proto-Germanic *unkeraz, possessive of *wet.
Pronunciation
Determiner
unker (nominative pronoun wit)
- (Early Middle English) First-person dual possessive determiner: both of our.
See also
1 Used preconsonantally or before h.
2 Early or dialectal.
3 Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
4 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.
2 Early or dialectal.
3 Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
4 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.
Pronoun
unker (nominative wit)
- (Early Middle English) First-person dual genitive pronoun: both of ours, the two of ours.
References
- “unker, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.
Etymology 2
Determiner
unker
- alternative form of inker
Pronoun
unker
- alternative form of inker
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