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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aldī

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *alþį̄. Equivalent to *ald (old) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

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*aldī f[1]

  1. (old) age
    Synonym: *aldadōm

Inflection

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īn-stem
Singular
Nominative *aldī
Genitive *aldīn
Singular Plural
Nominative *aldī
Accusative *aldīn
Genitive *aldīn
Dative *aldīn
Instrumental *aldīn

Descendants

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  • Old English: ieldu, yldo
  • Old Frisian: elde
  • Old Saxon: eldī
    • Middle Low German: olde
  • Old Dutch: aldi, eldi
  • Old High German: altī, eltī
    • Middle High German: elte
      • German: Älte (dialectal)

References

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  1. ^ 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-