Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werþalīkaz

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

From *werþą +‎ *-līkaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwer.ðɑ.ˌliː.kɑz/

Adjective

*werþalīkaz

Of great worth; valuable; important

Inflection

Declension of *werþalīkaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*werþalīkaz	*werþalīkō	*werþalīką, -atō	*werþalīkai	*werþalīkôz	*werþalīkō
accusative	*werþalīkanǭ	*werþalīkǭ	*werþalīką, -atō	*werþalīkanz	*werþalīkōz	*werþalīkō
genitive	*werþalīkas, -is	*werþalīkaizōz	*werþalīkas, -is	*werþalīkaizǫ̂	*werþalīkaizǫ̂	*werþalīkaizǫ̂
dative	*werþalīkammai	*werþalīkaizōi	*werþalīkammai	*werþalīkaimaz	*werþalīkaimaz	*werþalīkaimaz
instrumental	*werþalīkanō	*werþalīkaizō	*werþalīkanō	*werþalīkaimiz	*werþalīkaimiz	*werþalīkaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*werþalīkô	*werþalīkǭ	*werþalīkô	*werþalīkaniz	*werþalīkōniz	*werþalīkōnō
accusative	*werþalīkanų	*werþalīkōnų	*werþalīkô	*werþalīkanunz	*werþalīkōnunz	*werþalīkōnō
genitive	*werþalīkiniz	*werþalīkōniz	*werþalīkiniz	*werþalīkanǫ̂	*werþalīkōnǫ̂	*werþalīkanǫ̂
dative	*werþalīkini	*werþalīkōni	*werþalīkini	*werþalīkammaz	*werþalīkōmaz	*werþalīkammaz
instrumental	*werþalīkinē	*werþalīkōnē	*werþalīkinē	*werþalīkammiz	*werþalīkōmiz	*werþalīkammiz

Descendants

Old English: weorþlīċ
- Middle English: wurthlich, worthely
  - English: worthly
Old Frisian: *werthlik, werdelik
Old Saxon: *werthlīk
- Middle Low German: wērdelîk
- ⇒ Old Saxon: werthlīko
Old Dutch: *werthlīk
- Middle Dutch: werdelik, werdelijk
  - Dutch: waardelijk
Old High German: werdlīh
- Middle High German: wërtlich
Old Norse: verðligr
- Icelandic: verðlegur (in combinations)