Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/plihti

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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

From *plehan +‎ *-þi.[1]

Noun

*plihti f[2]

  1. care, maintenance, diligence
  2. responsibility, duty, obligation

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *plihti
Genitive *plihtī
Singular Plural
Nominative *plihti *plihtī
Accusative *plihti *plihtī
Genitive *plihtī *plihtijō
Dative *plihtī *plihtim, *plihtijum
Instrumental *plihtī *plihtim, *plihtijum

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*plehti-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 312: “PWGmc *plihti”
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