Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/albut

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *albuts, from Proto-Indo-European *álbʰ-ud-s ~ *albʰ-ud-és, from *albʰós (“white”). Cognate with Old West Norse álpt (“swan”), Proto-Slavic *olbǫdь (“swan”).^[1]

Noun

*albut f

swan
Synonym: *swan
allis shad
Synonym: *alasā

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*albut
Genitive	*albuti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*albut	*albuti
Accusative	*albutu	*albuti
Genitive	*albuti	*albutō
Dative	*albuti	*albutum
Instrumental	*albuti	*albutum

Alternative reconstructions

*albit

Derived terms

*albuttjā, *albittjā
- Old English: ielfete, ielfette, ilfete, ylfete (“swan”)
*albutu, *albitu
- Old English: ielfetu, ælbitu, ilfetu, ylfetu (“swan”)

Descendants

Old Saxon: *albut, *elbit
- Middle Low German: elft, ēlft, eelft (“shad”)
Old Dutch: *alvit
- Middle Dutch: elft (“shad”)
  - Dutch: elft (“shad”)
    - Afrikaans: elf, elwe (“shad”)
Old High German: albiz, elbiz (“swan”)
- Middle High German: elbiz, albiz, elbez, albez (“swan”)
  - German: Elfte (“shad”)
  - Alemannic German:
    Swabian: Elbsch (“swan”)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*albut-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20

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

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