Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/alemōsinā

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *alēmosyna.

Noun

*alemōsinā f

alms

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*alemōsinā
Genitive	*alemōsinōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*alemōsinā	*alemōsinōn
Accusative	*alemōsinōn	*alemōsinōn
Genitive	*alemōsinōn	*alemōsinōnō
Dative	*alemōsinōn	alemōsinōm, alemōsinum
Instrumental	*alemōsinōn	alemōsinōm, alemōsinum

Alternative reconstructions

*alemosinā

Descendants

Old English: ælmesse
- Middle English: almesse, allemesse, allmess, alme, almisse, almose, almouse, almus, amesse, elmes, elmesse
  - English: alms
    - Gullah: aa'ms
  - Scots: aumous
  - Yola: alomes
Old Frisian: ielmisse, *almōsse
- Saterland Frisian: Aalmoose
Old Saxon: alamōsna, alemōsna, allamōsa, elimōsina
- Middle Low German: âlmisse, allemisse, almissende, almese, almüsse, almose, almuse, almusie
  - German Low German: Almäosen
  - → Old Norse: ǫlmusa
    - Icelandic: ölmusa
    - Faroese: olmussa
    - Norwegian Bokmål: almisse
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: almisse, olmose
    - Danish: almisse
    - Swedish: allmosa
      - → Estonian: almus
      - → Finnish: almu
Old Dutch: *alamuosna
- Middle Dutch: aelmoesene
  - Dutch: aalmoes
    - Afrikaans: aalmoes
    - Negerhollands: almis, almisse
Old High German: alamuosa, alamuosan
- Middle High German: almuosen (influenced by Middle Low German)
  - Cimbrian: almozen
  - German: Almosen
  - → Czech: almužna
    - → Polish: jałmużna