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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/albut

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 *albuts, from Proto-Indo-European *álbʰ-ud-s ~ *albʰ-ud-és, from *albʰós (“white”). Cognate with Old West Norse álpt (“swan”), Proto-Slavic *olbǫdь (“swan”).[1]

Noun

*albut f

  1. swan
    Synonym: *swan
  2. allis shad
    Synonym: *alasā

Inflection
Consonant stem
Singular
Nominative *albut
Genitive *albuti
Singular Plural
Nominative *albut *albuti
Accusative *albutu *albuti
Genitive *albuti *albutō
Dative *albuti *albutum
Instrumental *albuti *albutum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *albit

Derived terms
  • *albuttjā, *albittjā
    • Old English: ielfete, ielfette, ilfete, ylfete (“swan”)
  • *albutu, *albitu

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: *albut, *elbit
    • Middle Low German: elft, ēlft, eelft (“shad”)
  • Old Dutch: *alvit
    • Middle Dutch: elft (“shad”)
      • Dutch: elft (“shad”)
  • Old High German: albiz, elbiz (“swan”)
    • Middle High German: elbiz, albiz, elbez, albez (“swan”)
      • German: Elfte (“shad”)
      • Alemannic German:
        Swabian: Elbsch (“swan”)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*albut-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20
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