Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/psalterī

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

Borrowed from Latin psalterium (“lute, psaltery”).

Noun

*psalterī m

(Christianity) psalter, Psalms
psaltery

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*psaltirī
Genitive	*psaltirijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*psaltirī	psaltirijō, psaltirijōs
Accusative	*psaltirī	*psaltirijā
Genitive	*psaltirijas	*psaltirijō
Dative	*psaltirijē	*psaltirijum
Instrumental	*psaltiriju	*psaltirijum

Alternative reconstructions

*salterī

Descendants

Old English: psalter, salter, saltere, sealtere
- Middle English: psalter, salter, sæalter, saltere (partially from Old French saltier)
  - English: psalter
Old Saxon: *psaltari, *saltari
- Middle Low German: salter, solter
- → Old Norse: saltari
  - Swedish: psaltare (see there for further descendants)
  - Old Danish: saltæræ
    - Danish: salter
Old Dutch: psaltere, psaltare
- Middle Dutch: selter, psalter, pselter
Old High German: psalteri, psaltāri, psaltari, saltāri, saltari, salteri
- Middle High German: saltære, salter, saltāre, selter
  - German: Psalter
    - → German Low German: Psalter
- → Polish: psałterz