Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gulþą

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 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

From Pre-Germanic *ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-m (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”). Compare Proto-Slavic *zolto, Proto-Baltic *želtas, whence Latvian zelts.[1] Disputed relation to *geldaną (“to pay”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*gulþą n

  1. gold

Inflection

The plural has the voiced Verner alternant, from an old Indo-European collective noun.

neuter a-stemDeclension of *gulþą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gulþą *guldō
vocative *gulþą *guldō
accusative *gulþą *guldō
genitive *gulþas, *gulþis *guldǫ̂
dative *gulþai *guldamaz
instrumental *gulþō *guldamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gulþa- ~ *gulda-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 194
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