Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/galdr

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 *galdraz.

Noun

*galdr m[1]

  1. singing, song
  2. incantation

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *galdr
Genitive *galdras
Singular Plural
Nominative *galdr *galdrōs
Accusative *galdr *galdrā
Genitive *galdras *galdrō
Dative *galdrē *galdrum
Instrumental *galdru *galdrum

Descendants

  • Old English: galdor, gealdor
  • Old Saxon: *galdar
  • Old High German: galdar, galstar

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328: “PWGmc *galdr”
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