Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/niudilīk

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 *niudi (“desire; necessity; delight”) +‎ *-līk.

Adjective

*niudilīk

Declension

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*niudilīk
Genitive	*niudilīkas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*niudilīk	*niudilīku	*niudilīk
Accusative	*niudilīkanā	*niudilīkā	*niudilīk
Genitive	*niudilīkas	*niudilīkeʀā	*niudilīkas
Dative	*niudilīkumē	*niudilīkeʀē	*niudilīkumē
Instrumental	*niudilīku	*niudilīkeʀu	*niudilīku
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*niudilīkē	*niudilīkō	*niudilīku
Accusative	*niudilīkā	*niudilīkā	*niudilīku
Genitive	*niudilīkeʀō	*niudilīkeʀō	*niudilīkeʀō
Dative	niudilīkēm, niudilīkum	niudilīkēm, niudilīkum	niudilīkēm, niudilīkum
Instrumental	niudilīkēm, niudilīkum	niudilīkēm, niudilīkum	niudilīkēm, niudilīkum

Descendants

Old English: nēodlīċ, nīedlīċ
Old Frisian: *niōdlik
- Saterland Frisian: nuddelk
Old Saxon: *niudilīk^[1]
- Middle Low German: nǖtlîk
  - German Low German: nütelk
  - → Danish: nydelig
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: nydelig
Old High German: *niotlīh^[2]
- Middle High German: nietlīch, nītlīch
  - German: niedlich

References

^ Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “*niudlīk?”, in Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition
^ Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “*niotlīh?”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), 6th edition

[1] Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “*niudlīk?”, in Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition

[2] Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “*niotlīh?”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), 6th edition

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