Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ainfald

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 *ainafalþaz. Equivalent to *ain (“one”) +‎ *-fald (“-fold”).

Adjective

*ainfald

1. simple, easy

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*ainfald
Genitive	*ainfaldas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ainfald	*ainfaldu	*ainfald
Accusative	*ainfaldanā	*ainfaldā	*ainfald
Genitive	*ainfaldas	*ainfaldeʀā	*ainfaldas
Dative	*ainfaldumē	*ainfaldeʀē	*ainfaldumē
Instrumental	*ainfaldu	*ainfaldeʀu	*ainfaldu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ainfaldē	*ainfaldō	*ainfaldu
Accusative	*ainfaldā	*ainfaldā	*ainfaldu
Genitive	*ainfaldeʀō	*ainfaldeʀō	*ainfaldeʀō
Dative	*ainfaldēm, *ainfaldum	*ainfaldēm, *ainfaldum	*ainfaldēm, *ainfaldum
Instrumental	*ainfaldēm, *ainfaldum	*ainfaldēm, *ainfaldum	*ainfaldēm, *ainfaldum

Descendants

• Old English: ānfeald
  • Middle English: anfald, onfold
    • English: onefold
    • Scots: aefauld, aefald, aefaul; ae-fald, ae-faul; afawld, afald
• Old Frisian: ēnfald
  • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: eenfooldig, eenfooldich, eenfooltich, eenfoltig
  • ⇒ West Frisian: ienfâldich
• Old Saxon: ēnfald
  • Middle Low German: ênvālt, ênvōlt
    • German Low German: Eenfold (noun)
      • ⇒ German Low German: eenfoldig
• Old Dutch: *ēnfalt
  • Middle Dutch: eenvout
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: eenvoude (noun)
      • Dutch: eenvoud
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: einvoldeg, eenvuldich, eenvoudich
      • ⇒ Dutch: eenvoudig
• Old High German: einfalt
  • Middle High German: einvalt, einfalt
    • German: einfältig (Einfalt is a back-formation)