Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aþulijaz
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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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From *aþalą (“nobility; kin, lineage”) + *-jaz.[2][4]
Adjective edit
*aþulijaz[4]
- (West Germanic) noble
- Synonym: *aþalaz
Inflection edit
Declension of *aþulijaz (ja-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *aþulijaz | *aþulijai | *aþulijō | *aþulijôz | *aþuliją, -atō | *aþulijō |
| Accusative | *aþulijanǭ | *aþulijanz | *aþulijǭ | *aþulijōz | *aþuliją, -atō | *aþulijō |
| Genitive | *aþulijas, -īs | *aþulijaizǫ̂ | *aþulijaizōz | *aþulijaizǫ̂ | *aþulijas, -īs | *aþulijaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *aþulijammai | *aþulijaimaz | *aþulijaizōi | *aþulijaimaz | *aþulijammai | *aþulijaimaz |
| Instrumental | *aþulijanō | *aþulijaimiz | *aþulijaizō | *aþulijaimiz | *aþulijanō | *aþulijaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *aþulijô | *aþulijaniz | *aþulijǭ | *aþulijōniz | *aþulijô | *aþulijōnō |
| Accusative | *aþulijanų | *aþulijanunz | *aþulijōnų | *aþulijōnunz | *aþulijô | *aþulijōnō |
| Genitive | *aþulīniz | *aþulijanǫ̂ | *aþulijōniz | *aþulijōnǫ̂ | *aþulīniz | *aþulijanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *aþulīni | *aþulijammaz | *aþulijōni | *aþulijōmaz | *aþulīni | *aþulijammaz |
| Instrumental | *aþulīnē | *aþulijammiz | *aþulijōnē | *aþulijōmiz | *aþulīnē | *aþulijammiz |
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *aþulī
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Adel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*aþal(j)a-”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 27
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “ethele”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 96
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aþulja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 40: “adj. ‘noble’”