Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/armōdī

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 *armōdiją. Equivalent to *arm (“alm”) +‎ *-ōdī.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*armōdī n

poverty
Synonym: *armiþu

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*armōdī
Genitive	*armōdijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*armōdī	*armōdiju
Accusative	*armōdī	*armōdiju
Genitive	*armōdijas	*armōdijō
Dative	*armōdijē	*armōdijum
Instrumental	*armōdiju	*armōdijum

Descendants

Old Frisian: *ermmōd
- ⇒ Old Frisian: ermmōdich
Old Saxon: armōdi
- Middle Low German: armōde, armōde
  - → Danish: armod
Old Dutch: *armodi
- Middle Dutch: armode, armoede
  - Dutch: armoede
    - Afrikaans: armoede
  - Limburgish: ermood, ermeuj
Old High German: armuoti, armmuoti
- Middle High German: armuote, ermuote, armet, ermet
  - German: Armut
  - Hunsrik: Aarmut

References

^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “arm”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “arma”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “arm”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

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

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