Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/balwīg

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

Etymology

From *balwī +‎ *-g.

Adjective

*balwīg

1. destructive
2. evil, bad; of poor quality

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*balwīg
Genitive	*balwīgas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*balwīg	*balwīgu	*balwīg
Accusative	*balwīganā	*balwīgā	*balwīg
Genitive	*balwīgas	*balwīgeʀā	*balwīgas
Dative	*balwīgumē	*balwīgeʀē	*balwīgumē
Instrumental	*balwīgu	*balwīgeʀu	*balwīgu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*balwīgē	*balwīgō	*balwīgu
Accusative	*balwīgā	*balwīgā	*balwīgu
Genitive	*balwīgeʀō	*balwīgeʀō	*balwīgeʀō
Dative	*balwīgēm, *balwīgum	*balwīgēm, *balwīgum	*balwīgēm, *balwīgum
Instrumental	*balwīgēm, *balwīgum	*balwīgēm, *balwīgum	*balwīgēm, *balwīgum

Related terms

• *balu
• *balwamundijō
• *balwīn

Descendants

• Old English: *bealwiġ
  • Middle English: bali, beali
• Old Dutch: *balwīg
  • Middle Dutch: *balich
    • Dutch: balsch, bals, balt
• Old High German: balwīg, balawīg
• ⇒ Frankish: *malwīg (merged with Latin malus)
  • >? Old French: (influenced) malveis (see there for further descendants)