Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hailagabuttjō

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 *hailag (“holy”) +‎ *buttjō (“flatfish”), named for it's connection to Lent.

Noun

*hailagabuttjō m

1. Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hailagabuttjō
Genitive	*hailagabuttjini, *hailagabuttjan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hailagabuttjō	*hailagabuttjan
Accusative	*hailagabuttjan	*hailagabuttjan
Genitive	*hailagabuttjini, *hailagabuttjan	*hailagabuttjanō
Dative	*hailagabuttjini, *hailagabuttjan	*hailagabuttjum
Instrumental	*hailagabuttjini, *hailagabuttjan	*hailagabuttjum

Descendants

• Old English: *hāliġbytta
  • Middle English: halibut, halybutte, halybut (or calqued from Middle Dutch)
    • English: halibut, hallibut, holibut, halibutt, holibutt
    • Scots: halibutte, halybutt
• Old Saxon: *hēlagbutto
  • Middle Low German: *hêlbutte, *hêlbutt, *hiligbutt
    • German Low German: Helbutt, Hellbütt, Hiliggbutt
      • → German: Heilbutt, Heiligebutt
    • → Danish: helleflynder (calque)
    • → Swedish: hälleflundra, helgeflundra (calque)
• Old Dutch: *heiligbutta
  • Middle Dutch: heilbot
    • Dutch: heilbot
      • → French: elbot (dialectal)
    • West Flemish: helebut