Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baltijaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

  • *baltiją

Etymology

An early borrowing from Latin balteus (“girdle, sword belt”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑl.ti.jɑz/

Noun

*baltijaz m

  1. belt

Inflection

Declension of *baltijaz (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *baltijaz *baltijōz, *baltijōs
vocative *baltī *baltijōz, *baltijōs
accusative *baltiją *baltijanz
genitive *baltijas, *baltīs *baltijǫ̂
dative *baltijai *baltijamaz
instrumental *baltijō *baltijamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *baltī̆
    • Old English: belt
      • Middle English: belt
        • English: belt (see there for further descendants)
        • Scots: belt
    • Old Saxon: *balti
      • Middle Low German: *belte
    • Frankish: *balti, *balt
      • ⇒ Frankish: *baltiraidī, *baltgaraidī
        • → Vulgar Latin: *balterād, *balterāt
          • Old French: baldrei, baldré, baudré
            • ⇒ Middle French: baudrier
            • → Middle English: baudry, bauderik, baudrik
            • → Middle High German: balderich, belderich
          • Old Occitan: baldrat, baldrei
    • Old High German: balz, palz
      • >? Middle High German: balz, balzer
        • German: Balz (etymology disputed)
  • Old Norse: belti

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*baltja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 50
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