Editing Vandalic language (section)

=== Morphology ===
The original Proto-Germanic ''*-z'' used to mark the nominative masculine singular in [[nominal (linguistics)|nominal]]s, which was lost in [[West Germanic]] early on, is attested within some preserved Vandalic forms as -''s'' or as part of -''x'' (occasionally found [[Romanization (cultural)|Romanized]] in some name attestations as ''-us''). This marker is potentially to be deemed an archaic feature since it is lost in most words, with complete lost within [[Ostrogoths|Ostrogothic]] names from the 6th century onward.<ref name="Onesti2" />{{r|Reichert|p=106}}

The epithet {{lang|xvn|Vandalirice}} 'king of the Vandals' gives possible attestation of a genitive plural ending ''-e'' (cf. Gothic -ē), albeit written as {{angbr|i}} within this form.<ref name="Onesti2" /><ref name="Tiefenbach" /> Old Germanic languages outside of East Germanic have -''a'' (as in [[Old English]] and [[Old Norse]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brunner |first1=Karl |title=Altenglische Grammatik |date=1965 |publisher=Niemeyer |location=Tübingen |page=195 |edition=3 |language=de |trans-title=Anglo-Saxon grammar}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Noreen |first1=Adolf |title=Altnordische Grammatik. 1: Altisländische und altnorwegische Grammatik (Laut- und Flexionslehre) unter Berücksichtigung des Urnordischen |date=1970 |publisher=Niemeyer |location=Tübingen |isbn=3484101458 |edition=5 |language=de |page=246 |trans-title=Old Norse grammar. 1: Old Islandic and Old Norwegen grammar (phonology and morphology)}}</ref> or -''o'' (as in [[Old Dutch]] or [[Old High German]]) as their equivalents of this ending instead;<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gallée |first1=Johan Hendrik |last2=Tiefenbach |first2=Heinrich |last3=Lochner |first3=Johannes |title=Altsächsische Grammatik |date=1993 |publisher=Niemeyer |location=Tübingen |isbn=3484106816 |page=195 |edition=3 |language=de |trans-title=Old Saxon grammar}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Braune |first1=Wilhelm |last2=Ebbinghaus |first2=Ernst A. |title=Abriss der althochdeutschen Grammatik: mit Berücksichtigung des Altsächsischen |date=1989 |publisher=Niemeyer |location=Tübingen |isbn=3484106433 |page=34 |edition=15 |language=de |trans-title=Basics of Old High German grammar}}</ref> compare Old English {{lang|ang|Wendla}} against the potential Vandalic form *{{lang|xvn|Vandali}}.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}