Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weraldi

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 *weraldiz.

Noun

*weraldi f^[1]

world

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*weraldi
Genitive	*weraldī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*weraldi	*weraldī
Accusative	*weraldi	*weraldī
Genitive	*weraldī	*weraldijō
Dative	*weraldī	weraldim, weraldijum
Instrumental	*weraldī	weraldim, weraldijum

Descendants

Old English: weorold, weorld, weoruld, woruld, worold, world, wiorld, wyrold, wuruld, wiarald — Kentish
- Middle English: world
  - English: world
  - Scots: warld
Old Frisian: warld, wrald
- North Frisian: wrald, wrâl
- Saterland Frisian: Wareld
- West Frisian: wrâld
Old Saxon: werold
- Middle Low German: werlt, werlde
  - Low German: Welt, Werlt
    - German Low German: Wereld, Welt
  - Plautdietsch: Welt
  - Dutch Low Saxon: wearld
Old Dutch: werilt, werolt
- Middle Dutch: wērelt
  - Dutch: wereld
    - Afrikaans: wêreld
  - Limburgish: wereld
Old High German: wëralt
- Middle High German: wërlt, wëlt
  - Alemannic German: Wält
  - Bavarian: Wejt, Wöd, Wölt
  - Central Franconian:
    Transylvanian Saxon: Wält
  - German: Welt
  - Luxembourgish: Welt
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Welt
  - Vilamovian: wełt
  - Yiddish: וועלט (velt)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 202: “PWGmc *werald(i)”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 202: “PWGmc *werald(i)”

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