Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skrifti
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Latin scriptum, reinterpreted as an abstract noun in *-ti (Proto-Indo-European *-tis). The -ft- may be due either to still active Primärberührung or to analogy.
Noun edit
*skrifti f
Inflection edit
| i-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *skrifti | |
| Genitive | *skriftī | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *skrifti | *skriftī |
| Accusative | *skrifti | *skriftī |
| Genitive | *skriftī | *skriftijō |
| Dative | *skriftī | *skriftim, *skriftijum |
| Instrumental | *skriftī | *skriftim, *skriftijum |
Notes edit
Old Frisian has the feminine for “writing” and a masculine for “penance”. Only the latter is attested in Old English. This might point to an inherited Anglo-Frisian masculine variant. Neuter use in some younger languages is secondary.