Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sāliþu

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 *sēliþō. Equivalent to *sālī (“happy”) +‎ *-iþu.

Noun

*sāliþu f

1. joy, happiness

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sāliþu
Genitive	*sāliþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sāliþu	*sāliþō
Accusative	*sāliþā	*sāliþā
Genitive	*sāliþā	*sāliþō
Dative	*sāliþē	*sāliþōm, *sāliþum
Instrumental	*sāliþu	*sāliþōm, *sāliþum

Descendants

• Old English: sǣlþ
  • Middle English: selthe
• Old Saxon: sālitha, sāltha
  • Middle Low German: sâlde, sêlde
• Old Dutch: sālida, sālda
  • Middle Dutch: saelde, salde, zalde
    • Dutch: zaalte
• Old High German: sālida
  • Middle High German: sālide, sēlide, sælede, sālde, sælde, seilde