Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaduling

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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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gadilingaz (kinsman, relative).[1] Compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (gadiliggs, kinsman).

Noun

*gaduling m[2]

  1. relative, kinsman

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *gaduling
Genitive *gadulingas
Singular Plural
Nominative *gaduling *gadulingō, *gadulingōs
Accusative *gaduling *gadulingā
Genitive *gadulingas *gadulingō
Dative *gadulingē *gadulingum
Instrumental *gadulingu *gadulingum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ A Reader in Nineteenth Century Historical Indo-European Linguistics. (1967). United Kingdom: Indiana University Press, p. 124
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 252:PWGmc *gaduling