Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/paradīs

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

Borrowed from Latin paradīsum (“park, orchard; Paradise, Eden”).^[1]

Noun

*paradīs m

(Christianity) Paradise, Eden

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*paradīs
Genitive	*paradīsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*paradīs	*paradīsu
Accusative	*paradīs	*paradīsu
Genitive	*paradīsas	*paradīsō
Dative	*paradīsē	*paradīsum
Instrumental	*paradīsu	*paradīsum

Descendants

Old English: paradīs
- Middle English: paradis, paradise, paradys
  - English: paradise
  - Scots: paradise
Old Frisian: paradīs
Old Saxon: paradīs
- Middle Low German: paradīs, paradijs, paradyes, pardīs
Old Dutch: paradīs
- Middle Dutch: paradijs
  - Dutch: paradijs, Paradijs (superseded)
    - Afrikaans: paradys
    - Negerhollands: paradis
    - → Papiamentu: paradeis, paradijs
    - → West Frisian: paradys
Old High German: paradīs
- Middle High German: paradīse
  - German: Paradies
  - Vilamovian: paradīs

References

^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “paradijs”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Vries, Jan (1971) “paradijs”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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