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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-haidu

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 Proto-Germanic *haiduz.

Suffix

*-haidu m

  1. -hood. Forms nouns denoting the condition or quality from nouns and adjectives.

Inflection

u-stem
Singular
Nominative *-haidu
Genitive *-haidō
Singular Plural
Nominative *-haidu *-haidiwi, *-haidō
Accusative *-haidu *-haidū
Genitive *-haidō *-haidiwō
Dative *-haidiwi, *-haidō *-haidum
Instrumental *-haidu *-haidum

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-haidu

Alternative reconstructions

  • *-haidi

Reconstruction notes

Rebuilt in Continental West Germanic as a feminine i-stem.

Descendants

  • Old English: -hād (m.a-stem)
    • Middle English: -had, -hod, -hed, -hede
  • Old Frisian: -hēd (f.i-stem)
    • Saterland Frisian: -haid, -gaid
    • West Frisian: -heid
  • Old Saxon: -hēd (f.i-stem; mf.u-stem)
  • Old Dutch: *-hēd, *-heid (f.i-stem)
  • Old High German: -heit (f.i-stem)
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