Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/holt

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 *hultą.

Noun

*holt n^[1]

woods, forest
Synonyms: *furhiþi, *hursti, *walþu, *widu
wood
Synonyms: *treu, *widu

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*holt
Genitive	*holtas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*holt	*holtu
Accusative	*holt	*holtu
Genitive	*holtas	*holtō
Dative	*holtē	*holtum
Instrumental	*holtu	*holtum

Descendants

Old English: holt
- Middle English: holt
  - English: holt, hoult (obsolete)
  - Scots: holt
Old Frisian: holt
- North Frisian: holt
- Saterland Frisian: Holt
- West Frisian: hout
Old Saxon: holt
- Middle Low German: holt
  - German Low German: Holt
  - Plautdietsch: Holt
Old Dutch: holt
- Middle Dutch: hout
  - Dutch: hout
    - Afrikaans: hout
  - Limburgish: hówtj
Old High German: holz
- Middle High German: holz
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: hòltz
    Mòcheno: holz
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Hols
    Luxembourgish: Holz
  - German: Holz
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Frankfurterisch: hold̥s
    Pennsylvania German: Hols
  - Vilamovian: hułc
  - Yiddish: האָלץ (holts)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 33: “PWGmc *holt”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 33: “PWGmc *holt”

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