Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weraldi

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *weraldiz.

Noun

*weraldi f

1. world

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*weraldi
Genitive	*weraldī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*weraldi	*weraldī
Accusative	*weraldi	*weraldī
Genitive	*weraldī	*weraldijō
Dative	*weraldī	*weraldim, *weraldijum
Instrumental	*weraldī	*weraldim, *weraldijum

Descendants

• Old English: weorold, weorld, weoruld, woruld, worold, world, wiorld, wyrold, wiarald, wuruld
  • Middle English: world
    • English: world
    • Scots: warld
• Old Frisian: warld, wrald
  • North Frisian: wrald, wrâl
  • Saterland Frisian: Wareld
  • 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
    • 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)