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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/anafalt

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain; possible calque of Latin incūs (“anvil”)[1], from *ana- (“on, onto”) +‎ *falt (“beaten”). Alternatively related to *bolt (“bolt”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeld- (“to knock, strike”)[2], or perhaps to *aflaz (“hearth, fireplace; forge”).

Noun

*anafalt n[3]

  1. anvil

Inflection
Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *anafalt
Genitive *anafaltas
Singular Plural
Nominative *anafalt *anafaltu
Accusative *anafalt *anafaltu
Genitive *anafaltas *anafaltō
Dative *anafaltē *anafaltum
Instrumental *anafaltu *anafaltum

Descendants

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Amboß”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*bultōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 84
  3. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 265: “PWGmc *anafalt”
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