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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/balu
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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 1
From Proto-Germanic *balwaz.
Inflection
| wa-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *balu | *balu | *balu |
| Accusative | *balwanā | *balwā | *balu |
| Genitive | *balwas | *balweʀā | *balwas |
| Dative | *balumē | *balweʀē | *balumē |
| Instrumental | *balu | *balweʀu | *balu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *balwē | *balwō | *balwu |
| Accusative | *balwā | *balwā | *balwu |
| Genitive | *balweʀō | *balweʀō | *balweʀō |
| Dative | *balwēm | *balwēm | *balwēm |
| Instrumental | *balwēm | *balwēm | *balwēm |
Descendants
- Old English: bealu, bealuful, bealodǣd (< *balwadēdiz)
- Old Frisian: *balu
- Old Saxon: *balu-, baluhugdig (< *balwa-hugd-īgaz), balodād (< *balwadēdiz)
- Middle Low German: bal-, bale-
- Low German: bale-
- Middle Low German: bal-, bale-
- ⇒ Old Dutch: *balodāt (< *balwadēdiz)
- Old High German: balotāt (< *balwadēdiz)
- Middle High German: *bale, *bal (in derivatives: balheit, balrāt, etc.)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *balwą.
Inflection
| Neuter wa-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *balu | *balu |
| Accusative | *balu | *balu |
| Genitive | *balwas | *balwō |
| Dative | *balwē | *balum |
| Instrumental | *balu | *balum |
Descendants
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 46: “PWGmc *balu”
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