Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/albī

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *albʰih₂, derived from *albʰós (“white”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.βiː/

Noun

*albī f

river
Synonyms: *ahwō, *fleutą, *flōduz, *rīþaz, *straumaz

Inflection

ī/jō-stemDeclension of *albī (ī/jō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*albī	*albijôz
vocative	*albī	*albijôz
accusative	*albijǭ	*albijōz
genitive	*albijōz	*albijǫ̂
dative	*albijōi	*albijōmaz
instrumental	*albijō	*albijōmiz

Alternative reconstructions

*albiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *albī
- Old English: Ælf
- Old High German: Elba
  - Middle High German: Elbe
    - German: Elbe
Old Norse: elfr
- Icelandic: elfur, elfa
- Faroese: elvur m, elv f
- Norwegian Nynorsk: elv; (dialectal) alv, ålv, olv, ølv
- Old Swedish: ælf
  - Swedish: älv, älf (pre-1906 spelling)
- Danish: elv
  - Norwegian Bokmål: elv
→ Latin: Albia, Albis
→ Ancient Greek: Ἄλβις (Álbis)
→ Proto-Slavic: *olba
- Czech: Labe
- Kashubian: Łaba
- Polabian: Låbü
- Polish: Łaba
- Russian: Ла́ба (Lába)
- Serbo-Croatian: Laba
- Silesian: Łaba
- Slovak: Labe
- Slovene: Laba
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: Łobjo
  - Upper Sorbian: Łobjo

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*albī-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20
^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*albiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 13

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*albī-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20

[2] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*albiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 13

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/albī

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