Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/balþ

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

From Proto-Germanic *balþaz.

Adjective

*balþ

1. bold, brave

   Synonyms: *durstī, *durstīg, *gadurstīg, *þrīstī

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*balþ
Genitive	*balþas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*balþ	*balþu	*balþ
Accusative	*balþanā	*balþā	*balþ
Genitive	*balþas	*balþeʀā	*balþas
Dative	*balþumē	*balþeʀē	*balþumē
Instrumental	*balþu	*balþeʀu	*balþu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*balþē	*balþō	*balþu
Accusative	*balþā	*balþā	*balþu
Genitive	*balþeʀō	*balþeʀō	*balþeʀō
Dative	*balþēm, *balþum	*balþēm, *balþum	*balþēm, *balþum
Instrumental	*balþēm, *balþum	*balþēm, *balþum	*balþēm, *balþum

Descendants

• Old English: beald, bald
  • Middle English: bolde, bold, boold, bald, beald
    • English: bold, bawd
    • Scots: bald, bauld, baul, bawl, beld
• Old Frisian: bald
  • ⇒ Old Frisian: balde (adverb)
    • Saterland Frisian: boalde
• Old Saxon: bald
  • Middle Low German: bald, bold, balt, bolt
    • German Low German: bold, boll
• Old Dutch: bald
  • Middle Dutch: bout
    • Dutch: boud
      • Afrikaans: boud
• Old High German: bald, pald
  • Middle High German: balt
    • German: (obsolete) bald
    • Bavarian: bald
  • ⇒ Old High German: baldo (adverb)
    • Middle High German: balde, palde
      • Bavarian: båld, boid
      • German: bald
• → Old French: baud (see there for further descendants)