Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/anafalt
Appearance
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; possible calque of Latin incūs (“anvil”),[1] from *ana- (“on, onto”) + *falt (“beaten”). Alternatively related to *bolt (“bolt”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeld- (“to knock, strike”),[2] or perhaps to *aflaz (“hearth, fireplace; forge”).
Noun
[edit]*anafalt n[3]
Inflection
[edit]Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *anafalt | |
Genitive | *anafaltas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *anafalt | *anafaltu |
Accusative | *anafalt | *anafaltu |
Genitive | *anafaltas | *anafaltō |
Dative | *anafaltē | *anafaltum |
Instrumental | *anafaltu | *anafaltum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: anfealt, anfilte, onfilti
- Old Saxon: anfelt, anafelti
- Old Dutch: *anafelt
- Old High German: anafalz
References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Amboß”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bultōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 84
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 265: “PWGmc *anafalt”
Categories:
- Proto-West Germanic terms with unknown etymologies
- Proto-West Germanic terms calqued from Latin
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Latin
- Proto-West Germanic terms prefixed with *ana-
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic nouns
- Proto-West Germanic neuter nouns
- gmw-pro:Metalworking tools
- Proto-West Germanic neuter a-stem nouns