Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skrifti
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin scriptum, reinterpreted as an abstract noun in *-ti (Proto-Indo-European *-tis). The -ft- may be due either to still active Primärberührung or to analogy.
Noun[edit]
*skrifti f
Inflection[edit]
i-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *skrifti | |
Genitive | *skriftī | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *skrifti | *skriftī |
Accusative | *skrifti | *skriftī |
Genitive | *skriftī | *skriftijō |
Dative | *skriftī | *skriftim, *skriftijum |
Instrumental | *skriftī | *skriftim, *skriftijum |
Notes[edit]
Old Frisian has the feminine for “writing” and a masculine for “penance”. Only the latter is attested in Old English. This might point to an inherited Anglo-Frisian masculine variant. Neuter use in some younger languages is secondary.
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Categories:
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kreybʰ-
- Proto-West Germanic terms borrowed from Latin
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Latin
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic nouns
- Proto-West Germanic feminine nouns
- Proto-West Germanic i-stem nouns