Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/linþ(ī)
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *linþaz + *-ī (adjective suffix).
Adjective
*linþ(ī)[1]
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *linþ | ||
| Genitive | *linþas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *linþ | *linþu | *linþ |
| Accusative | *linþanā | *linþā | *linþ |
| Genitive | *linþas | *linþeʀā | *linþas |
| Dative | *linþumē | *linþeʀē | *linþumē |
| Instrumental | *linþu | *linþeʀu | *linþu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *linþē | *linþō | *linþu |
| Accusative | *linþā | *linþā | *linþu |
| Genitive | *linþeʀō | *linþeʀō | *linþeʀō |
| Dative | *linþēm, *linþum | *linþēm, *linþum | *linþēm, *linþum |
| Instrumental | *linþēm, *linþum | *linþēm, *linþum | *linþēm, *linþum |
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *linþī | ||
| Genitive | *linþijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *linþī | *linþiju | *linþī |
| Accusative | *linþijanā | *linþijā | *linþī |
| Genitive | *linþijas | *linþijeʀā | *linþijas |
| Dative | *linþijumē | *linþijeʀē | *linþijumē |
| Instrumental | *linþiju | *linþijeʀu | *linþiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *linþijē | *linþijō | *linþiju |
| Accusative | *linþijā | *linþijā | *linþiju |
| Genitive | *linþijeʀō | *linþijeʀō | *linþijeʀō |
| Dative | *linþijēm, *linþijum | *linþijēm, *linþijum | *linþijēm, *linþijum |
| Instrumental | *linþijēm, *linþijum | *linþijēm, *linþijum | *linþijēm, *linþijum |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: līþe, līþ
- Old Frisian: *līthe
- Saterland Frisian: lied
- Old Saxon: līthi, (influenced by Frankish) *lindi
- Old Dutch: *lindi
- Old High German: lindi, lind
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *linþī”