Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/alemōsinā

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 Vulgar Latin *alēmosyna.

Noun

*alemōsinā f

1. alms

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*alemōsinā
Genitive	*alemōsinōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*alemōsinā	*alemōsinōn
Accusative	*alemōsinōn	*alemōsinōn
Genitive	*alemōsinōn	*alemōsinōnō
Dative	*alemōsinōn	*alemōsinōm, *alemōsinum
Instrumental	*alemōsinōn	*alemōsinōm, *alemōsinum

Alternative reconstructions

• *alemosinā

Descendants

• Old English: ælmesse
  • Middle English: almesse, allemesse, allmess, alme, almisse, almose, almouse, almus, amesse, elmes, elmesse
    • English: alms
      • Gullah: aa'ms
    • Scots: aumous
    • Yola: alomes
• Old Frisian: ielmisse, *almōsse
  • Saterland Frisian: Aalmoose
• Old Saxon: alamōsna, alemōsna, allamōsa, elimōsina
  • Middle Low German: âlmisse, allemisse, almissende, almese, almüsse, almose, almuse, almusie
    • German Low German: Almäosen
    • → Old Norse: ǫlmusa
      • Icelandic: ölmusa
      • Faroese: olmussa
      • Norwegian Bokmål: almisse
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: almisse, olmose
      • Danish: almisse
      • Swedish: allmosa
        • → Estonian: almus
        • → Finnish: almu
• Old Dutch: *alamuosna
  • Middle Dutch: aelmoesene
    • Dutch: aalmoes
      • Afrikaans: aalmoes
      • Negerhollands: almis, almisse
• Old High German: alamuosa, alamuosan
  • Middle High German: almuosen (influenced by Middle Low German)
    • Cimbrian: almozen
    • German: Almosen
    • → Czech: almužna
      • → Polish: jałmużna