Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aldī
Appearance
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *alþį̄. Equivalent to *ald (“old”) + *-ī (abstract noun suffix).
Noun
[edit]*aldī f[1]
Inflection
[edit]īn-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *aldī | |
Genitive | *aldīn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *aldī | — |
Accusative | *aldīn | — |
Genitive | *aldīn | — |
Dative | *aldīn | — |
Instrumental | *aldīn | — |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: ieldu, yldo
- Old Frisian: elde
- Old Saxon: eldī
- Middle Low German: olde
- Old Dutch: aldi, eldi
- Old High German: altī, eltī
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 231: “PWGmc *aldīn-”