Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slagi

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 *slagiz.

Noun

*slagi m^[1]

blow, strike

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*slagi
Genitive	*slagī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*slagi	*slagī
Accusative	*slagi	*slagī
Genitive	*slagī	*slaggjō
Dative	*slagī	slagim, slaggjum
Instrumental	*slagī	slagim, slaggjum

Related terms

*slagą
*slahan

Descendants

Old English: sleġe
- Middle English: slay, sleye, slaye
  - English: sley
Old Frisian: *slegi, slei
- ⇒ Old Frisian: durslegi
Old Saxon: slegi, slag
- Middle Low German: slach
  - German Low German: Slag
Old Dutch: slag
- Middle Dutch: slach
  - Dutch: slag
    - Afrikaans: slag
    - Negerhollands: slaa
Old High German: slag
- Middle High German: slac, slag
  - German: Schlag
  - Luxembourgish: Schlag
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Palatine German: Schlach

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 289: “PWGmc *slagi”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 289: “PWGmc *slagi”

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