Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/felþu

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 Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field”).

Noun

*felþu m

1. field

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*felþu
Genitive	*felþō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*felþu	*filþiwi, *felþō
Accusative	*felþu	*felþū
Genitive	*felþō	*filþiwō
Dative	*filþiwi, *felþō	*felþum
Instrumental	*felþu	*felþum

Alternative reconstructions

• *felþ n

Descendants

• Old English: feld
  • Middle English: feld, feeld
    • English: field
    • Scots: feld, feild
• Old Frisian: feld n
  • North Frisian: fjild
  • Saterland Frisian: Fäild
  • West Frisian: fjild
• Old Saxon: feld n
  • Middle Low German: velt
    • German Low German: Feld
    • Low German: feld
    • Plautdietsch: Felt
    • → Danish: felt
    • → Icelandic: felt
    • → Norwegian: felt
    • → Swedish: fält
• Old Dutch: felt, feld, ueld
  • Middle Dutch: velt
    • Dutch: veld
      • Afrikaans: veld
        • → English: veld
      • Negerhollands: veld
      • → Caribbean Javanese: fèlt
• Old High German: feld n
  • Middle High German: vëlt
    • Alemannic German: Fald

      Swabian: Fäld

    • Bavarian: Fejd

      Cimbrian:

      Mòcheno: vèlt

    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Feld

      Luxembourgish: Feld

    • East Central German:

      Upper Saxon German:

      Vilamovian: fald

    • East Franconian:
    • German: Feld
    • Rhine Franconian: Fald, Feld, Fell

      Frankfurterisch: [fɛlt]

    • Yiddish: פֿעלד (feld)