Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lidą

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

Etymology

Nominal derivative from *līþaną (“to go, pass through”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.ðɑ̃/

Noun

*lidą n

  1. team of people

Inflection

Declension of *lidą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lidą *lidō
vocative *lidą *lidō
accusative *lidą *lidō
genitive *lidas, *lidis *lidǫ̂
dative *lidai *lidamaz
instrumental *lidō *lidamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic:
    • Old English: lid (“vessel, ship”)
    • Old Frisian: lid (“band, troop, retinue”)
  • Old Norse: lið

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*liđan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 245
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