Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/niudi
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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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *niudiz, presumably related to *naudi (“compulsion, necessity”).
Noun
[edit]*niudi m[1]
Inflection
[edit]| i-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *niudi | |
| Genitive | *niudī | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *niudi | *niudī |
| Accusative | *niudi | *niudī |
| Genitive | *niudī | *niudijō |
| Dative | *niudī | *niudim, *niudijum |
| Instrumental | *niudī | *niudim, *niudijum |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: nīed, nȳd, nēd, nēad, nēod
- Old Frisian: niōd
- Old Saxon: niud
- Old Dutch: *niod
- Middle Dutch: niet
- Old High German: niot
- Middle High German: niet
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 250: “PWGmc *niudi”