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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faldi

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 *faldiz.[1] Related to *falþan (“to fold”).

Noun

*faldi m

  1. folding, fold

Inflection
i-stem
Singular
Nominative *faldi
Genitive *faldī
Singular Plural
Nominative *faldi *faldī
Accusative *faldi *faldī
Genitive *faldī *faldijō
Dative *faldī *faldim, *faldijum
Instrumental *faldī *faldim, *faldijum

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old English: field, fyld, fild
  • >? Old High German: fald, falt (inflected for both a- and i-declensions)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*falđiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 91
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