Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aþulī
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz. Equivalent to *aþal (“nobility, race”) + *-ī (adjective suffix).
Adjective[edit]
*aþulī
Inflection[edit]
ja-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | ||
Nominative | *aþulī | ||
Genitive | *aþulijas | ||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *aþulī | *aþuliju | *aþulī |
Accusative | *aþulijanā | *aþulijā | *aþulī |
Genitive | *aþulijas | *aþulijeʀā | *aþulijas |
Dative | *aþulijumē | *aþulijeʀē | *aþulijumē |
Instrumental | *aþuliju | *aþulijeʀu | *aþuliju |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *aþulijē | *aþulijō | *aþuliju |
Accusative | *aþulijā | *aþulijā | *aþuliju |
Genitive | *aþulijeʀō | *aþulijeʀō | *aþulijeʀō |
Dative | *aþulijēm, *aþulijum | *aþulijēm, *aþulijum | *aþulijēm, *aþulijum |
Instrumental | *aþulijēm, *aþulijum | *aþulijēm, *aþulijum | *aþulijēm, *aþulijum |
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
- *aþlī[1]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: æþele, eþele
- Old Frisian: ethele
- Old Saxon: ethili
- Old Dutch: ethele
- Old High German: edili
References[edit]
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “edel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN: “wg. *aþl-ja-”