Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pelegrīm

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrinus (“foreigner, traveler”). Parallel borrowing with Old Norse pílagrímr.

Noun

*pelegrīm m

1. pilgrim, foreigner

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*peligrīm
Genitive	*peligrīmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*peligrīm	*peligrīmō, *peligrīmōs
Accusative	*peligrīm	*peligrīmā
Genitive	*peligrīmas	*peligrīmō
Dative	*peligrīmē	*peligrīmum
Instrumental	*peligrīmu	*peligrīmum

Alternative reconstructions

• *pilegrīm

Descendants

• Old English: *pilegrim
  • Middle English: pilegrim, pilgrim, pilgram, pilgrem, pilgrum, pilgerim, pilegrin, pillegrim
    • English: pilgrim
    • Scots: pilgrim, pelegrin, pilgrin, pilgren, pylgryne
• Old Frisian: pilegrīm, pilugrīm
• Old Saxon: *pelegrīm
  • Middle Low German: pēlegrīm, pēlegrīme, pēlegrīn, pēlegrīne, pēlegerīm, pelgrīm, pelgrīme, pelgrim, pīlegrīm, pilgrīm
• Old Dutch: *pelegrīm
  • Middle Dutch: pelegrin, pelegrijm, pelgerijm, pelgrijm, pelgrim, pellegrijm, peregrijm, pelgerijn
    • Dutch: pelgrim
      • → West Frisian: pelgrim
• Old High German: piligrīm
  • Middle High German: pilgrīm, pilegrīm, pilgerim, pelegrīm, pilgerīn, bilgerīm, bilgerīn, bilgrīn
    • Bavarian: Pücher, Pülcher
      • → German: Pülcher
    • German: Pilgrim, Pilgram, Pilger
    • Luxembourgish: Pilger
  • → Polish: pielgrzym
  • → Russian: пилигри́м (piligrím)