Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grundilā

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

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Noun

*grundilā f^[1]

a species of fish

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*grundilā
Genitive	*grundilōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*grundilā	*grundilōn
Accusative	*grundilōn	*grundilōn
Genitive	*grundilōn	*grundilōnō
Dative	*grundilōn	grundilōm, grundilum
Instrumental	*grundilōn	grundilōm, grundilum

Descendants

Old English: gryndle
- Middle English: grundel
  - English: grundel
Old Saxon: *grundila
- Middle Low German: grundele, gründele
Old Dutch: *grundila
- Middle Dutch: grondele, grondel
  - Dutch: grondel
Old High German: gruntila
- Middle High German: grundel
  - German: Grundel
  - Luxembourgish: Grondel

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 267: “PWGmc *grundilā”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 267: “PWGmc *grundilā”

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