Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lobasam

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 *lob +‎ *-sam.

Adjective

*lobasam^[1]

praiseworthy

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*lobasam
Genitive	*lobasamas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*lobasam	*lobasamu	*lobasam
Accusative	*lobasamanā	*lobasamā	*lobasam
Genitive	*lobasamas	*lobasameʀā	*lobasamas
Dative	*lobasamumē	*lobasameʀē	*lobasamumē
Instrumental	*lobasamu	*lobasameʀu	*lobasamu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*lobasamē	*lobasamō	*lobasamu
Accusative	*lobasamā	*lobasamā	*lobasamu
Genitive	*lobasameʀō	*lobasameʀō	*lobasameʀō
Dative	lobasamēm, lobasamum	lobasamēm, lobasamum	lobasamēm, lobasamum
Instrumental	lobasamēm, lobasamum	lobasamēm, lobasamum	lobasamēm, lobasamum

Descendants

Old English: lofsum
Old Dutch: *lovasam
- Middle Dutch: lōvesam
  - Dutch: lofzaam
Old High German: lobasam, lobosam
- Middle High German: lobesam

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 521: “PWGmc *lobasam”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 521: “PWGmc *lobasam”

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