Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaldī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *kald +‎ *-ī.

Noun

*kaldī f [1]

cold, coldness

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kaldī
Genitive	*kaldīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kaldī	—
Accusative	*kaldīn	—
Genitive	*kaldīn	—
Dative	*kaldīn	—
Instrumental	*kaldīn	—

Descendants

Old English: ċieldu
Old Dutch: *keldi
- Middle Dutch: kelde, koude
  - Dutch: koude, kou
Old High German: kaltī
- Middle High German: kelte
  - German: Kälte

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 205: “PWGmc *kaldī”

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[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 205: “PWGmc *kaldī”