Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/golþ

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 *gulþą.

Noun

*golþ n

gold

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*golþ
Genitive	*golþas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*golþ	*golþu
Accusative	*golþ	*golþu
Genitive	*golþas	*golþō
Dative	*golþē	*golþum
Instrumental	*golþu	*golþum

Derived terms

*gulþīn

Descendants

Old English: gold
- Middle English: gold
  - English: gold
  - English: (West Yorkshire) gowd
  - English: (Ottawa-Valley) goath, gould
  - Scots: gooth, gowth, gowd, goold
Old Frisian: gold
- Saterland Frisian: Gould
- West Frisian: goud
Old Saxon: gold
- Middle Low German: golt
  - Low German: Gold
    - German Low German: Goolt, Guld, Gold
  - Plautdietsch: Golt
Old Dutch: golt, gold
- Middle Dutch: gout
  - Dutch: goud
    - Afrikaans: goud
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: gautu
    - Negerhollands: gaut, goud, gout
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: gaut
    - → Sranan Tongo: gowtu
      - → Caribbean Javanese: gautu
      - → Saramaccan: góútu
      - → Trió: koutu
  - Limburgish: góldj
Old High German: gold, cold
- Middle High German: golt
  - Alemannic German: Gold
  - Bavarian: Goid, Golt
    Cimbrian: gold, golt (Sette Comuni)
    
    Mòcheno: golt
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Gold
    
    Luxembourgish: Gold
  - East Central German:
    Vilamovian: gułd
  - East Franconian:
  - German: Gold
  - Rhine Franconian: Gold
    Frankfurterisch: [g̥olt]
    
    Pennsylvania German: Gold
  - Yiddish: גאָלד (gold)