Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/weraldiz

This Proto-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

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From *weraz +‎ *aldiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwe.rɑl.diz/

Noun

*weraldiz f

1. lifetime, worldly existence
2. mankind
3. world

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *weraldiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*weraldiz	*weraldīz
vocative	*weraldi	*weraldīz
accusative	*weraldį	*weraldinz
genitive	*weraldīz	*weraldijǫ̂
dative	*weraldī	*weraldimaz
instrumental	*weraldī	*weraldimiz

Descendants

• Old English: weorold
  • Middle English: world
    • English: world
    • Scots: warld
• Old Frisian: warld, wrald
  • North Frisian: wrald, wrâl
  • Saterland Frisian: Waareld
  • West Frisian: wrâld
• Old Saxon: werold
  • Middle Low German: werlt, werlde
    • Low German: Welt, Werlt
      • German Low German: Wereld, Welt
    • Plautdietsch: Welt
• Old Dutch: werolt
  • Middle Dutch: wērelt
    • Dutch: wereld
      • Afrikaans: wêreld
      • Negerhollands: wereld, weerelt
    • Limburgish: wereld
• Old High German: weralt
  • Middle High German: wërlt, wëlt
    • Alemannic German: Wält
    • Bavarian: Wejt, Wöd, Wölt
    • Central Franconian:

      Transylvanian Saxon: Wält

    • German: Welt
    • Luxembourgish: Welt
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Welt

    • Vilamovian: wełt
    • Yiddish: וועלט (velt)
• Old Norse: verǫld
  • Icelandic: veröld
  • Faroese: verøld, vørild, verð
  • Norn: vrildan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: verd f
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: verd m or f
  • Elfdalian: wärd
  • Old Swedish: væruld, værald, værild, værld
    • Swedish: värld
  • Old Danish: wæræld
    • Danish: verden
      • Norwegian Bokmål: verden m
    • Scanian: værlð
  • Gutnish: värd