Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gulþīn
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Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz. Equivalent to *golþ (“gold”) + *-īn.
Adjective
[edit]*gulþīn[1]
Inflection
[edit]a-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | ||
Nominative | *gulþīn | ||
Genitive | *gulþīnas | ||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *gulþīn | *gulþīnu | *gulþīn |
Accusative | *gulþīnanā | *gulþīnā | *gulþīn |
Genitive | *gulþīnas | *gulþīneʀā | *gulþīnas |
Dative | *gulþīnumē | *gulþīneʀē | *gulþīnumē |
Instrumental | *gulþīnu | *gulþīneʀu | *gulþīnu |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *gulþīnē | *gulþīnō | *gulþīnu |
Accusative | *gulþīnā | *gulþīnā | *gulþīnu |
Genitive | *gulþīneʀō | *gulþīneʀō | *gulþīneʀō |
Dative | *gulþīnēm, *gulþīnum | *gulþīnēm, *gulþīnum | *gulþīnēm, *gulþīnum |
Instrumental | *gulþīnēm, *gulþīnum | *gulþīnēm, *gulþīnum | *gulþīnēm, *gulþīnum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: gylden
- Old Frisian: gelden, golden, gulden
- Old Saxon: guldīn
- Middle Low German:
- Plautdietsch: golden
- Middle Low German:
- Old Dutch: guldīn
- Old High German: guldīn
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 156: “PWGmc *gulþīn”