Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/teldą

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

Derived from *teldaną (“to cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtel.dɑ̃/

Noun

*teldą n

1. tent, drape

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *teldą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*teldą	*teldō
vocative	*teldą	*teldō
accusative	*teldą	*teldō
genitive	*teldas, *tildis	*teldǫ̂
dative	*teldai	*teldamaz
instrumental	*teldō	*teldamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *teld
  • Old English: teld
    • Middle English: teld, tield, telte
      • Scots: tild, tyld, teill
      • English: teld, tilt
    • ⇒ Old English: ġeteld
      • → English: geteld
  • Old Frisian: *teld, *telt
    • Saterland Frisian: Tält; Tälte f
  • Old Saxon: *teld
    • Middle Low German: telt
      • German Low German: Telt
      • → Norwegian: telt
      • → Swedish: tält
        • → Finnish: teltta
      • → Danish: telt
        • → Middle English: telte (possibly)
          • English: tilt
  • Old Dutch: *telt
    • Middle Dutch: telt, telde
  • Old High German: zelt
    • Middle High German: zëlt
      • German: Zelt
      • Luxembourgish: Zelt
• Old Norse: tjald
  • Icelandic: tjald
  • Faroese: tjald
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjeld
  • Old Swedish: tiæld
    • Swedish: tjäll
  • Danish: tjæld
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tjeld
  • Finland lects: tjäld (Northern Quark islands)
• → Proto-Finnic: *tëlta
  • Finnish: telta