Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/albut

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-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

• *albuts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰ- (“white”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *olbǫdь (“swan”) and Latin albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.βits/

Noun

*albut f

1. swan

   Synonym: *swanaz

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *albut (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*albut	*albuiz
vocative	*albu	*albuiz
accusative	*albuų	*albuunz
genitive	*albuiz	*albuǫ̂
dative	*albui	*albuumaz
instrumental	*albuē	*albwumiz

Descendants

• Old English: ælbitu, ielfetu; ielfete; ielfette (< *albitjǭ)
• Old Saxon: *alvit, *elvit
  • >? Middle Low German: elft
• Old Dutch: *alvit
  • >? Middle Dutch: elft
    • Dutch: elft
• Old High German: albiz, elbiz
  • Middle High German: albiz, elbiz
    • German: Elbiss
    • Alemannic (Swabian): Elbsch
• Old Norse: alpt, álpt, ǫlpt; elptr
  • Icelandic: álft