Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/failī
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *failijaz.
Adjective
[edit]*failī
Inflection
[edit]| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *failī | ||
| Genitive | *failijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *failī | *failiju | *failī |
| Accusative | *failijanā | *failijā | *failī |
| Genitive | *failijas | *failijeʀā | *failijas |
| Dative | *failijumē | *failijeʀē | *failijumē |
| Instrumental | *failiju | *failijeʀu | *failiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *failijē | *failijō | *failiju |
| Accusative | *failijā | *failijā | *failiju |
| Genitive | *failijeʀō | *failijeʀō | *failijeʀō |
| Dative | *failijēm, *failijum | *failijēm, *failijum | *failijēm, *failijum |
| Instrumental | *failijēm, *failijum | *failijēm, *failijum | *failijēm, *failijum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Some descendants have conflated the word with *fali (“venal, to be sold”), see Proto-Germanic *falaz (“for sale”).