*aftumistaz

Runic: ᚨᚠᛏᚢᛗᛁᛊᛏᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɑɸ.tu.mis.tɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

last, endmost, final; especially the last member in a spatial or sequential series

Etymology

From *aftumô + *-istaz, forming a reinforced or pleonastic superlative ‘last-most’ (Ringe 2017: 318; Fulk 2018: 219–20). The base, *aftumô, belongs to the small class of weak *-umô adjectives built to adverbial or directional bases, ultimately continuing Proto-Indo-European *-(t)m̥-o- (Luján 2019: 312, 329). The suffix *-istaz continues PIE *-is-tó-s (Fulk 2018: 219–20; Harðarson 2017: 923–24).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	aftumistaz	aftumistō	aftumistą, -atō	aftumistai	aftumistôz	aftumistō
Acc.	aftumistanǭ	aftumistǭ	aftumistą, -atō	aftumistanz	aftumistōz	aftumistō
Gen.	aftumistas, -is	aftumistaizōz	aftumistas, -is	aftumistaizǫ̂	aftumistaizǫ̂	aftumistaizǫ̂
Dat.	aftumistamai	aftumistaizōi	aftumistamai	aftumistaimaz	aftumistaimaz	aftumistaimaz
Inst.	aftumistanō	aftumistaizō	aftumistanō	aftumistaimiz	aftumistaimiz	aftumistaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	aftumistô	aftumistǭ	aftumistô	aftumistaniz	aftumistōniz	aftumistōnō
Acc.	aftumistanų	aftumistōnų	aftumistô	aftumistanunz	aftumistōnunz	aftumistōnō
Gen.	aftumistiniz	aftumistōniz	aftumistiniz	aftumistanǫ̂	aftumistōnǫ̂	aftumistanǫ̂
Dat.	aftumistini	aftumistōni	aftumistini	aftumistamaz	aftumistōmaz	aftumistammaz
Inst.	aftumistinē	aftumistōnē	aftumistinē	aftumistamiz	aftumistōmiz	aftumistammiz

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Descendants

*aftumist (Proto-West Germanic)
- æftemest, æftemyst, æftemost (Old English)
  - aftemeste, eftemeste (Middle English)
    - aftermost (English)
𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (aftumists) (Gothic)

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