FromMiddle High Germanenk,enik, the accusative and dative second person dual pronoun. Cognate withOld Englishinc(dative second person dual pronoun).
enk
| nominative | accusative | dative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | ||
| 1st person singular | i | — | mi | — | mia (mir) | ma | |
| 2nd person singular | informal | du | — | di | — | dia (dir) | da |
| formal | Sie | — | Eahna | — | Eahna | — | |
| 3rd person singular | m | er | a | eahm | 'n | eahm | 'n |
| n | es,des | 's | des | 's | |||
| f | se,de | 's | se | 's | ihr | — | |
| 1st person plural | mia (mir) | ma | uns | — | uns | — | |
| 2nd person plural | eß,ihr | — | enk,eich | — | enk,eich | — | |
| 3rd person plural | se | 's | eahna | — | eahna | — | |
enk
FromMiddle Dutchenc, ultimately from or related toProto-Germanic*angraz(“meadow, lowland”).
FromMiddle High Germanenge, fromOld High Germanengi. Cognate withGermaneng,Dutcheng. The expected form would beeng (because of the final-e in Middle High German). The-k developed first in the uninflected stem by analogy with adjectives such asjonk, and was later generalised to all forms.
enk (masculineenken,neuterenkt,comparativeméi enk,superlativeamenksten)