Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/api
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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]Borrowed from Latin apium (“parsley, celery”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*api m
- parsley, celery
- Synonym: *petarsilljā
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine ja-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *api | |
| Genitive | *appjas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *api | *appjō, *appjōs |
| Accusative | *api | *appjā |
| Genitive | *appjas | *appjō |
| Dative | *appjē | *appjum |
| Instrumental | *appju | *appjum |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]- *apik
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “linze”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN