Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tribut

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin tribūtum.

Noun

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*tribut m[1]

  1. tribute

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *tribut
Genitive *tributas
Singular Plural
Nominative *tribut *tributō, *tributōs
Accusative *tribut *tributā
Genitive *tributas *tributō
Dative *tributē *tributum
Instrumental *tributu *tributum

Descendants

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  • Old English: trifet, trifot
  • Old Frisian: tribūt, tribuet
  • Old High German: tribuz

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136:PWGmc *tribut