Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unfriþu

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 *unfriþuz. By surface analysis, *un- +‎ *friþu.

Noun

*unfriþu m

1. absence of peace: strife, unease, hostility

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*unfriþu
Genitive	*unfriþō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*unfriþu	*unfriþiwi, *unfriþō
Accusative	*unfriþu	*unfriþū
Genitive	*unfriþō	*unfriþiwō
Dative	*unfriþiwi, *unfriþō	*unfriþum
Instrumental	*unfriþu	*unfriþum

Descendants

• Old English: unfriþ
  • Middle English: unfrith, unfrit, unfriðe
    • English: unfrith
• Old Frisian: unfretho
  • West Frisian: ûnfrede
• Old Saxon: *unfrithu
  • Middle Low German: unvrēde
• Old Dutch: *unfrithu
  • Middle Dutch: onvrēde
    • Dutch: onvrede
      • Negerhollands: onvred, onvrede
• Old High German: unfridu
  • Middle High German: unvride
    • German: Unfriede