Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/erþu
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *erþō.
Noun
edit*erþu f[1]
Inflection
editō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *erþu | |
Genitive | *erþā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *erþu | *erþō |
Accusative | *erþā | *erþā |
Genitive | *erþā | *erþō |
Dative | *erþē | *erþōm, *erþum |
Instrumental | *erþu | *erþōm, *erþum |
Alternative forms
edit- (weak declension) *erþā
Descendants
edit- Old English: eorþe, earðe — Northumbrian, iorðe — Kentish, eorþ, earþe, iorþe, yrþ, eorðe, eorþo, eorþu, eorþæ, heorðe, heordæ, eorda, eordæ, eorða
- Old Frisian: erthe, erde, irthe
- Old Saxon: ertha, erda
- Middle Low German: ērde
- Old Dutch: ertha
- Old High German: erda, haerda
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 182: “PWGmc *erþu”
Categories:
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁er-
- Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic nouns
- Proto-West Germanic feminine nouns
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- gmw-pro:Natural materials
- Proto-West Germanic ō-stem nouns