Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aliþiudīg
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *aliþeudu + *-g. For the first element, see *alljas (“otherwise, else”).[1][2]
Adjective
edit*aliþiudīg
Inflection
edita-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | ||
Nominative | *aliþiudīg | ||
Genitive | *aliþiudīgas | ||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *aliþiudīg | *aliþiudīgu | *aliþiudīg |
Accusative | *aliþiudīganā | *aliþiudīgā | *aliþiudīg |
Genitive | *aliþiudīgas | *aliþiudīgeʀā | *aliþiudīgas |
Dative | *aliþiudīgumē | *aliþiudīgeʀē | *aliþiudīgumē |
Instrumental | *aliþiudīgu | *aliþiudīgeʀu | *aliþiudīgu |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *aliþiudīgē | *aliþiudīgō | *aliþiudīgu |
Accusative | *aliþiudīgā | *aliþiudīgā | *aliþiudīgu |
Genitive | *aliþiudīgeʀō | *aliþiudīgeʀō | *aliþiudīgeʀō |
Dative | *aliþiudīgēm, *aliþiudīgum | *aliþiudīgēm, *aliþiudīgum | *aliþiudīgēm, *aliþiudīgum |
Instrumental | *aliþiudīgēm, *aliþiudīgum | *aliþiudīgēm, *aliþiudīgum | *aliþiudīgēm, *aliþiudīgum |
Alternative reconstructions
editDescendants
edit- Old English: elþīediġ, elþēodiġ
- Old Saxon: elithiodig
- Old High German: elidiutīg, elidiotīg
References
edit- ^ “else”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ Ayto, J. (2009). Word Origins. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing