Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/golþ

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 *gulþą.

Noun

*golþ n

1. gold

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*golþ
Genitive	*golþas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*golþ	*golþu
Accusative	*golþ	*golþu
Genitive	*golþas	*golþō
Dative	*golþē	*golþum
Instrumental	*golþu	*golþum

Derived terms

• *gulþīn

Descendants

• Old English: gold
  • Middle English: gold
    • English: gold
    • Scots: gowd, goold
• Old Frisian: gold, goud
  • Saterland Frisian: Gould
  • West Frisian: goud
• Old Saxon: gold
  • Middle Low German: golt
    • German Low German: Gold
    • Plautdietsch: Golt
• Old Dutch: golt, gold
  • Middle Dutch: gout
    • Dutch: goud
      • Afrikaans: goud
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: gautu
      • Negerhollands: gaut, goud, gout
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: gaut
      • → Sranan Tongo: gowtu
        • → Caribbean Javanese: gautu
        • → Saramaccan: góútu
        • → Trió: koutu
    • Limburgish: góldj
• Old High German: gold
  • Middle High German: golt
    • Alemannic German: Gold
    • Bavarian: Goid, Golt

      Cimbrian: gold, golt

      Mòcheno: golt

    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Gold

      Luxembourgish: Gold

    • East Central German:

      Vilamovian: gułd

    • East Franconian:
    • German: Gold
    • Rhine Franconian: Gold

      Frankfurterisch: [g̥olt]

      Pennsylvania German: Gold

    • Yiddish: גאָלד (gold)