Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weraldi

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 GermanicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *weraldiz.

NounEdit

*weraldi f^[1]

world

InflectionEdit

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*weraldi
Genitive	*weraldī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*weraldi	*weraldī
Accusative	*weraldi	*weraldī
Genitive	*weraldī	*weraldijō
Dative	*weraldī	*weraldim
Instrumental	*weraldī	*weraldim

DescendantsEdit

Old English: weorold, worold, woruld, weorld, weoruld
- Middle English: world
  - English: world
  - Scots: warld
Old Frisian: warld, wrald
- North Frisian: wrald, wrâl
- Saterland Frisian: Waareld
- West Frisian: wrâld
Old Saxon: werold
- Middle Low German: werlt, werlde
  - Low German: Welt, Werlt
    - German Low German: Wereld, Welt
  - Plautdietsch: Welt
Old Dutch: werolt
- Middle Dutch: wērelt
  - Dutch: wereld
    - Afrikaans: wêreld
  - Limburgish: wereld
Old High German: weralt
- Middle High German: welt, werlt
  - Alemannic German: Wält
  - Bavarian: Wöit
  - Central Franconian:
    Transylvanian Saxon: Wält
  - German: Welt
  - Luxembourgish: Welt
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Welt
  - Vilamovian: wełt
  - Yiddish: וועלט‎ (velt)

ReferencesEdit

^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann, The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, →ISBN, page 202: “PWGmc *werald(i)”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann, The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, →ISBN, page 202: “PWGmc *werald(i)”

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