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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/andawlitją

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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
  • *andawlitô

Noun

*andawlitją n [1]

  1. appearance, form
  2. face

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *andawlitją (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *andawlitją *andawlitjō
vocative *andawlitją *andawlitjō
accusative *andawlitją *andawlitjō
genitive *andawlitjas, *andawlitis *andawlitjǫ̂
dative *andawlitjai *andawlitjamaz
instrumental *andawlitjō *andawlitjamiz

Descendants
  • Old English: andwlita (<*andawlitô)
    • Middle English: anlet, onlete
  • Old Saxon: *andwlitti, *andlitti
    • Middle Low German: antlitte (possibly borrowed from High German)
  • Old High German: antlizzi
    • Middle High German: antlitze
  • Old Norse: antlit
    • Icelandic: andlit
    • Faroese: andlit
    • Norwegian: andlit (obsolete), andlet
    • Swedish: anlete
    • Old Danish: andlæt
      • Danish: anled (obsolete)

References
  1. Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, s.v. "*wlit(j)an" (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003), 469.
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