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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hulþį̄. Equivalent to *holþ (“gracious”) + *-ī (abstract noun suffix). Cognate with Old Norse hylli (“favour”).[1]
Noun
*hulþī f
- favor, grace
Inflection
| īn-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*hulþī
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| Genitive
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*hulþīn
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*hulþī
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| Accusative
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*hulþīn
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| Genitive
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*hulþīn
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| Dative
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*hulþīn
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| Instrumental
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*hulþīn
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Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*halþa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 205-6
