Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaldī
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *kald (“cold”) + *-ī (abstract noun suffix).
Noun
edit*kaldī f[1]
Inflection
editīn-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *kaldī | |
Genitive | *kaldīn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *kaldī | — |
Accusative | *kaldīn | — |
Genitive | *kaldīn | — |
Dative | *kaldīn | — |
Instrumental | *kaldīn | — |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: ċieldu, ċyldu, ċealdu, caldu
- Old Frisian: kalde, kelde
- Old Saxon: *kaldī, *keldī, *kaldīn
- Old Dutch: *keldi
- Old High German: kaltī, chaldī, chalte, chaltī, chaltīn, keltīn
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 205: “PWGmc *kaldī”