Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/albits

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/albits

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

• *albuts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰ- (“white”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *olbǫdь (“swan”) and Latin albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.βits/

Noun

*albits f[1]

1. swan

   Synonym: *swanaz

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *albits (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*albits	*albitiz
vocative	*albit	*albitiz
accusative	*albitų	*albitunz
genitive	*albitiz	*albitǫ̂
dative	*albiti	*albitumaz
instrumental	*albitē	*albitumiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *albit
  • Old English: ælbitu, ielfetu; ielfete; ielfette (< *albitjǭ)
    • English: Elvet (in placenames)
  • Old Saxon: *alvit, *elvit
    • >? Middle Low German: elft
  • Old Dutch: *alvit
    • >? Middle Dutch: elft
      • Dutch: elft
  • Old High German: albiz, elbiz
    • Middle High German: albiz, elbiz
      • Alemannic (Swabian): Elbsch
• Old Norse: alpt, álpt, ǫlpt; elptr
  • Icelandic: álft
  • >? Faroese: okn
  • Westrobothnian: ämt, ämla

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*albut-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20