Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pelegrīm

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

Borrowed from Late Latin pelegrīnus, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”),[1] possibly corrupted by personal names ending in *Grīm,[2] from Proto-Germanic *Grīmaz.

Noun

*pelegrīm m

  1. pilgrim, foreigner

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *peligrīm
Genitive *peligrīmas
Singular Plural
Nominative *peligrīm *peligrīmōs
Accusative *peligrīm *peligrīmā
Genitive *peligrīmas *peligrīmō
Dative *peligrīmē *peligrīmum
Instrumental *peligrīmu *peligrīmum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *pilegrīm

Descendants

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1971), “pelgrim”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “< laat-lat. pelegrīnus < lat. peregrīnus”
  2. ^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “pelgrim”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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