Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/albi

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 *albiz.

Noun

*albi m^[1]

elf, fairy

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*albi
Genitive	*albī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*albi	*albī
Accusative	*albi	*albī
Genitive	*albī	*albijō
Dative	*albī	albim, albijum
Instrumental	*albī	albim, albijum

Descendants

Old English: ielf, ælf, ylf
- Middle English: elf, elfe, helfe
  - English: elf (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: elf
  - Yola: elf
Old Frisian: *alf, *elf
- West Frisian: alve
Old Saxon: alf
- Middle Low German: alf
Old Dutch: *alf
- Middle Dutch: alf
  - Dutch: alf
Old High German: alb, alp
- German: Alb, Alp

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 231: “PWGmc *albi”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 231: “PWGmc *albi”

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