Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/elm
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *elmaz ~ *ilmis, *ulmis. Alternative form *olm derives from the zero-grade,[1] and/or from Latin cognate ulmus (“elm”).
Noun edit
*elm m
Declension edit
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *elm | |
Genitive | *elmas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *elm | *elmō, *elmōs |
Accusative | *elm | *elmā |
Genitive | *elmas | *elmō |
Dative | *elmē | *elmum |
Instrumental | *elmu | *elmum |
Alternative reconstructions edit
- *alm, *ulm, *olm[1]
Descendants edit
- Old English: elm, *ulm m
- Old Saxon: elm, alm m (alm in placenames)
- Old Dutch: *olm m, alma f, alme-, elme-, helme- (in placenames)
- Old High German: elm, ilme, elmo m
- >? Old High German: ulm m (native or borrowed from Latin ulmus?)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2011) “*elm, *ulmaz”, in The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 155–157