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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/andawlitją

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *andawlitô

Etymology

From *anda- + *wlītaną + *-ją.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑndɑˈwlit.jɑ̃/

Noun

*andawlitją n[1]

  1. appearance, form
  2. face

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *andawlitją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *andawlitją *andawlitjō
vocative *andawlitją *andawlitjō
accusative *andawlitją *andawlitjō
genitive *andawlitjas, *andawlitis *andawlitjǫ̂
dative *andawlitjai *andawlitjamaz
instrumental *andawlitjō *andawlitjamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *andawliti
    • Old English: andwlita, andwlite (< *andawlitô)
      • Middle English: anlet, onlete
    • Old Saxon: *andwlitti, *andlitti
      • Middle Low German: antlitte (possibly borrowed from High German)
        • >? Low German: Antlaat
    • Old Dutch: antlito
    • Old High German: antlizzi
      • Middle High German: antlitze, antlütte, antlütze
  • Old Norse: andlit

References

  1. Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, s.v. "*wlit(j)an" (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003), 469.
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