Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/galmi
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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
Possibly inherited from Proto-Germanic *galmiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to flourish”) or *gʰel- (“to cut”); such a formation would be paralleled by *glaimi, *hlammi, *walmi.
A connection to Old Norse -gelmir in the names of the giants Aurgelmir (i.e. Ymir), Bergelmir and Þrúðgelmir is possible,[1] though it is semantically far-fetched; furthermore, this compound element is typically connected to *galm.
Noun
*galmi m
- (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) bundle, handful (of plants)
Inflection
| i-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *galmi | |
| Genitive | *galmī | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *galmi | *galmī |
| Accusative | *galmi | *galmī |
| Genitive | *galmī | *galmijō |
| Dative | *galmī | *galmim, *galmijum |
| Instrumental | *galmī | *galmim, *galmijum |
Descendants
References
- ^ R. D. Fulk (1989 August) “An Eddic Analogue to the Scyld Scefing Story”, in Anglo-Saxon England, volume 40, number 159, , pages 313-22
- ^ Rolf Brenner (1988 December) “The Old Frisian component in Holthausen's Altenglisches etymologisches Worterbuch”, in Anglo-Saxon England, volume 17, , pages 5-13