Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faldi
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Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *faldiz.[1] Related to *falþan (“to fold”).
Noun
[edit]*faldi m
Inflection
[edit]i-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *faldi | |
Genitive | *faldī | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *faldi | *faldī |
Accusative | *faldi | *faldī |
Genitive | *faldī | *faldijō |
Dative | *faldī | *faldim, *faldijum |
Instrumental | *faldī | *faldim, *faldijum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: field, fyld, fild
- >? Old High German: fald, falt (inflected for both a- and i-declensions)
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*falđiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 91