Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/liþugaz
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This Proto-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-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Presumably from *liþuz (“joint, member”) + *gaz (forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a sense of “being, having or doing”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*liþugaz
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *liþugaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *liþugaz | *liþugai | *liþugō | *liþugôz | *liþugą, -atō | *liþugō |
| Accusative | *liþuganǭ | *liþuganz | *liþugǭ | *liþugōz | *liþugą, -atō | *liþugō |
| Genitive | *liþugas, -is | *liþugaizǫ̂ | *liþugaizōz | *liþugaizǫ̂ | *liþugas, -is | *liþugaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *liþugammai | *liþugaimaz | *liþugaizōi | *liþugaimaz | *liþugammai | *liþugaimaz |
| Instrumental | *liþuganō | *liþugaimiz | *liþugaizō | *liþugaimiz | *liþuganō | *liþugaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *liþugô | *liþuganiz | *liþugǭ | *liþugōniz | *liþugô | *liþugōnō |
| Accusative | *liþuganų | *liþuganunz | *liþugōnų | *liþugōnunz | *liþugô | *liþugōnō |
| Genitive | *liþuginiz | *liþuganǫ̂ | *liþugōniz | *liþugōnǫ̂ | *liþuginiz | *liþuganǫ̂ |
| Dative | *liþugini | *liþugammaz | *liþugōni | *liþugōmaz | *liþugini | *liþugammaz |
| Instrumental | *liþuginē | *liþugammiz | *liþugōnē | *liþugōmiz | *liþuginē | *liþugammiz |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: liþiġ
- Old Frisian: lethoch, lethech, lethich
- Old Saxon: *lithig
- Frankish: *lithig
- Old High German: *lidig (?)
- Old Norse: liðugr