Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaldī

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

From *kald (“cold”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*kaldī f

1. cold, coldness

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kaldī
Genitive	*kaldīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kaldī	—
Accusative	*kaldīn	—
Genitive	*kaldīn	—
Dative	*kaldīn	—
Instrumental	*kaldīn	—

Related terms

• *kalm

Descendants

• Old English: ċieldu, ċyldu, ċealdu, caldu
  • Middle English: chelde, kelde
• Old Frisian: kalde, kelde
  • Saterland Frisian: Keelde
  • West Frisian: kjeld
• Old Saxon: *kaldī, *keldī, *kaldīn
  • Middle Low German: kōlde, kölde, kȫlde, kelde, kulde, külde, külle, kalde, küldene, kuldene
    • German Low German: Kolle, Koll
• Old Dutch: *keldi
  • Middle Dutch: kelde, koude
    • Dutch: koude, kou
      • Afrikaans: koue, kou
• Old High German: kaltī, chaldī, chalte, chaltī, chaltīn, keltīn
  • Middle High German: kelte
    • Alemannic German: Chälti, Chelti
    • Central Franconian: Käll
    • Cimbrian: khélte
    • German: Kälte
    • Luxembourgish: Keelt
    • Vilamovian: kełt