Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stadi

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *stadiz.

Noun edit

*stadi m^[1]

place

Inflection edit

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stadi
Genitive	*stadī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stadi	*stadī
Accusative	*stadi	*stadī
Genitive	*stadī	*staddjō
Dative	*stadī	stadim, staddjum
Instrumental	*stadī	stadim, staddjum

Derived terms edit

*stadōn

Descendants edit

Old English: stede
- Middle English: stede, stad, sted, stedd, stedde, steed, steede, steode, steyd, stid, stide, stode, stud, stude, styd, stydde, styde
  - English: stead
  - Scots: steid, sted
Old Frisian: stede
- Saterland Frisian: Steede, Stääd
- West Frisian: stêd
Old Saxon: stedi
- Middle Low German: stēde
  - German Low German: Stee
Old Dutch: stat, stedi
- Middle Dutch: stat, stede
  - Dutch: stad, stede, stee
Old High German: stat
- Middle High German: stat
  - Central Franconian: Stadt
    - Hunsrik: xtat
    - Luxembourgish: Stad
  - German: Stadt, Statt, Stätte (doublets)
  - Rhine Franconian: Stadt
    - Pennsylvania German: Schtadt, Schtedt
  - Vilamovian: śtaod
  - Yiddish: שטאָט (shtot), שטעטל (shtetl)
    - → English: shtetl

References edit

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 288: “PWGmc *stadi”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 288: “PWGmc *stadi”

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