Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/balþ
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *balþaz.
Adjective[edit]
*balþ[1]
Inflection[edit]
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *balþ | ||
| Genitive | *balþas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *balþ | *balþu | *balþ |
| Accusative | *balþanā | *balþā | *balþ |
| Genitive | *balþas | *balþeʀā | *balþas |
| Dative | *balþumē | *balþeʀē | *balþumē |
| Instrumental | *balþu | *balþeʀu | *balþu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *balþē | *balþō | *balþu |
| Accusative | *balþā | *balþā | *balþu |
| Genitive | *balþeʀō | *balþeʀō | *balþeʀō |
| Dative | *balþēm, *balþum | *balþēm, *balþum | *balþēm, *balþum |
| Instrumental | *balþēm, *balþum | *balþēm, *balþum | *balþēm, *balþum |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: beald, bald
- Old Frisian: bald
- Old Saxon: bald
- Old Dutch: bald
- Old High German: bald, pald
- → Old French: baud (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 156: “PWGmc *balþ”