Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/balþ
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *balþaz.
Adjective edit
*balþ[1]
Inflection edit
a-stem | |||
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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 edit
- Old English: beald, bald
- Old Frisian: bald
- Old Saxon: bald
- Old Dutch: bald
- Old High German: bald, pald
- → Old French: baud (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 156: “PWGmc *balþ”