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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alþį̄

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms
  • *aldį̄

Etymology

From *aldaz +‎ *-į̄.

Noun

*alþį̄ f[1]

  1. oldness, eld
  2. period of life or time, age
  3. olden times, yore

Inflection
īn-stemDeclension of *alþį̄ (īn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *alþį̄ *alþīniz
vocative *alþį̄ *alþīniz
accusative *alþīnų *alþīnunz
genitive *alþīniz *alþīnǫ̂
dative *alþīni *alþīmaz
instrumental *alþīnē *alþīmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *aldī
    • Old English: ieldu, yldo
    • Old Frisian: elde
      • North Frisian: jelde
      • West Frisian: jeld
    • Old Saxon: eldī
      • Middle Low German: olde
    • Old Dutch: aldi, eldi
    • Old High German: altī, eltī
      • Middle High German: elte
        • German: Älte (dialectal)
  • Old Norse: elli

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