Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biliþī
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editPossibly from *biliþu (“equalness, likeness”) + *-ī (abstract noun suffix), from *bil (“equal, alike”) + *-iþu (“-ness, -th”), from Proto-Germanic *bilaz, *biliz.[1]
Noun
edit*biliþī n
Inflection
editNeuter ja-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *biliþī | |
Genitive | *biliþijas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *biliþī | *biliþiju |
Accusative | *biliþī | *biliþiju |
Genitive | *biliþijas | *biliþijō |
Dative | *biliþijē | *biliþijum |
Instrumental | *biliþiju | *biliþijum |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: biliþe
- Old Frisian: *bilethe, bild, byld
- Old Saxon: bilithi
- Old Dutch: bilithe, bilithi
- Old High German: bilidi, piladi, biladi