Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/felt
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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
Derived from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, hide”).[1]
An alternative theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *peld- (“something beaten or compressed; felt”), from *pel- (“to beat; push; move; drive”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
*felt n
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *felt | |
| Genitive | *feltas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *felt | *feltu |
| Accusative | *felt | *feltu |
| Genitive | *feltas | *feltō |
| Dative | *feltē | *feltum |
| Instrumental | *feltu | *feltum |
Descendants
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fellan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97