Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aldī

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *alþį̄. Equivalent to *ald (“old”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*aldī f^[1]

age, time period; lifetime; old age, eld
Synonyms: *aldadōm, *aldiþu, *aldr

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aldī
Genitive	*aldīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aldī	—
Accusative	*aldīn	—
Genitive	*aldīn	—
Dative	*aldīn	—
Instrumental	*aldīn	—

Descendants

Old English: ild, yld, (Anglian) æld, eld, (o-declension) ieldu, ildu, ildo, yldo, (Anglian) ældu, eldo
- →⇒ Latin: Eldilda
- Middle English: elde
  - English: eld
  - Scots: eild, eeld
Old Frisian: elde
- North Frisian: jelde
- West Frisian: jeld
Old Saxon: eldī
- Middle Low German: olde
Old Dutch: eldi, *aldi
- Middle Dutch: oude, elde
  - Dutch: oude
  - West Flemish: elde
Old High German: altī, eltī
- Middle High German: elte, alte-, alta-
  - German: Älte (dialectal)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 231: “PWGmc *aldīn-”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 231: “PWGmc *aldīn-”

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