Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaduling

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

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Noun

*gaduling m [1]

relative, kinsman

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gaduling
Genitive	*gadulingas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gaduling	gadulingō, gadulingōs
Accusative	*gaduling	*gadulingā
Genitive	*gadulingas	*gadulingō
Dative	*gadulingē	*gadulingum
Instrumental	*gadulingu	*gadulingum

Descendants

Old English: gædeling, geaduling
- Middle English: gadling, gedelyng, gedling
  - Scots: gedling
  - English: gadling
Old Saxon: gaduling, *gediling
- Middle Low German: gadelink, gedelink, gēdelinc
Old Dutch: *gediling
- Middle Dutch: gēdelinc
Old High German: gatuling, gataling, gatiling, *getiling
- Middle High German: getelinc, getlinc

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 252: “PWGmc *gaduling”

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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 252: “PWGmc *gaduling”