Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saliþu

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 *saliþwō.

Noun

*saliþu f[1]

Inflection

wō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*saliþu
Genitive	*saliþwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*saliþu	*saliþwō
Accusative	*saliþwā	*saliþwā
Genitive	*saliþwā	*saliþwō
Dative	*saliþwē	saliþwōm, saliþum
Instrumental	*saliþu	saliþwōm, saliþum

Descendants

Old English: sælþ
Old Saxon: selitha
Old Dutch: selitha
Old High German: selida, selitha, seleda, selda
- Middle High German: selede, selide, selde, sölde
  - German: Selde, Sölde

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 236: “PWGmc *saliþu”

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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 236: “PWGmc *saliþu”