Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/erþu

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 *erþō.

Noun

*erþu f[1]

  1. earth, world
  2. earth, soil

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *erþu
Genitive *erþā
Singular Plural
Nominative *erþu *erþō
Accusative *erþā *erþā
Genitive *erþā *erþō
Dative *erþē *erþōm, *erþum
Instrumental *erþu *erþōm, *erþum

Alternative forms

  • (weak declension) *erþā

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 182: “PWGmc *erþu”
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