Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/paradīs

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

Borrowed from Latin paradīsum (“park, orchard; Paradise, Eden”).

Noun

*paradīs m

1. (Christianity) Paradise, Eden

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*paradīs
Genitive	*paradīsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*paradīs	*paradīsu
Accusative	*paradīs	*paradīsu
Genitive	*paradīsas	*paradīsō
Dative	*paradīsē	*paradīsum
Instrumental	*paradīsu	*paradīsum

Descendants

• Old English: paradīs
  • Middle English: paradis, paradise, paradys
    • English: paradise
    • Scots: paradise
• Old Frisian: paradīs
• Old Saxon: paradīs
  • Middle Low German: paradīs, paradijs, paradyes, pardīs
• Old Dutch: paradīs
  • Middle Dutch: paradijs
    • Dutch: paradijs
      • Afrikaans: paradys
      • Negerhollands: paradis
      • → Papiamentu: paradeis, paradijs
      • → West Frisian: paradys
• Old High German: paradīs
  • Middle High German: paradīse
    • German: Paradies
    • Vilamovian: paradīs