Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ārundī

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

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *airundiją. Monophthongisation of ai to ā before r is regular and shared with North Germanic; compare e.g. Proto-West Germanic *sair.

Noun

*ārundī n

1. message
2. errand

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ārundī
Genitive	*ārundijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ārundī	*ārundiju
Accusative	*ārundī	*ārundiju
Genitive	*ārundijas	*ārundijō
Dative	*ārundijē	*ārundijum
Instrumental	*ārundiju	*ārundijum

Derived terms

• *ārundijan
• *ārundijōn
  • Old English: ǣrendian, ǣrndian
    • Middle English: arndien, erndien, erenden, ernden
      • English: errand
  • Old Saxon: *ārundeōn
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: giārundeod (ppt)

Descendants

• Old English: ǣrende, ǣrænde
  • Middle English: erende, erand, arend, ernde, arnde
    • English: errand
    • Scots: erand, eirand, earand
    • Yola: erroane, errone
• Old Frisian: ērende
• Old Saxon: ārundi
• Old High German: ārunti
  • Middle High German: ārant, arant, erande, erende
    • Bavarian: Erend, Ernd