Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/psalterī

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 Latin psalterium (“lute, psaltery”).

Noun

*psalterī m

1. (Christianity) psalter, Psalms
2. psaltery

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*psaltirī
Genitive	*psaltirijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*psaltirī	*psaltirijō, *psaltirijōs
Accusative	*psaltirī	*psaltirijā
Genitive	*psaltirijas	*psaltirijō
Dative	*psaltirijē	*psaltirijum
Instrumental	*psaltiriju	*psaltirijum

Alternative reconstructions

• *salterī

Descendants

• Old English: psalter, salter, saltere, sealtere
  • Middle English: psalter, salter, sæalter, saltere (partially from Old French saltier)
    • English: psalter
• Old Saxon: *psaltari, *saltari
  • Middle Low German: salter, solter
  • → Old Norse: saltari
    • Swedish: psaltare (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Danish: saltæræ
      • Danish: salter
• Old Dutch: psaltere, psaltare
  • Middle Dutch: selter, psalter, pselter
• Old High German: psalteri, psaltāri, psaltari, saltāri, saltari, salteri
  • Middle High German: saltære, salter, saltāre, selter
    • German: Psalter
      • → German Low German: Psalter
  • → Polish: psałterz