Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaldī

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 *kald (“cold”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*kaldī f^[1]

cold, coldness

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kaldī
Genitive	*kaldīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kaldī	—
Accusative	*kaldīn	—
Genitive	*kaldīn	—
Dative	*kaldīn	—
Instrumental	*kaldīn	—

Related terms

*kalm

Descendants

Old English: ċieldu, ċyldu, ċealdu, caldu
- Middle English: chelde, kelde
Old Frisian: kalde, kelde
- Saterland Frisian: Keelde
- West Frisian: kjeld
Old Saxon: *kaldī, *keldī, *kaldīn
- Middle Low German: kōlde, kölde, kȫlde, kelde, kulde, külde, külle, kalde, küldene, kuldene
  - German Low German: Kolle, Koll
Old Dutch: *keldi
- Middle Dutch: kelde, koude
  - Dutch: koude, kouwe, kou
    - Afrikaans: koue
Old High German: kaltī, chaldī, chalte, chaltī, chaltīn, keltīn
- Middle High German: kelte
  - Alemannic German: Chälti, Chelti
  - Central Franconian: Käll
  - Cimbrian: khélte
  - German: Kälte
  - Luxembourgish: Keelt
  - Vilamovian: kełt

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 205: “PWGmc *kaldī”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 205: “PWGmc *kaldī”

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