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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/felþą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Kroonen suggests Proto-Indo-European *pelth₂- (field, plain), though the normal form of this root is *pleth₂- (flat).[1] LIN prefers to derive this from *pelh₂-, the schwebeablaut form of *pleh₂- (flat).[2]

Noun

*felþą n

  1. (West Germanic) field, plain

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *felþą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *felþą *felþō
vocative *felþą *felþō
accusative *felþą *felþō
genitive *felþas, *filþis *felþǫ̂
dative *filþai *felþamaz
instrumental *felþō *felþamiz
  • *fuldǭ

Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
  2. Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*pleh₂-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 562-564
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