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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alþistaz
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Proto-Germanic
Adjective
*alþistaz
- superlative degree of *aldaz
Inflection
Declension of *alþistaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *alþistaz | *alþistai | *alþistō | *alþistôz | *alþista | *alþistō |
| Accusative | *alþistanǭ | *alþistanz | *alþistǭ | *alþistōz | *alþista | *alþistō |
| Genitive | *alþistas, -is | *alþistaizǫ̂ | *alþistaizōz | *alþistaizǫ̂ | *alþistas, -is | *alþistaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *alþistammai | *alþistaimaz | *alþistaizōi | *alþistaimaz | *alþistammai | *alþistaimaz |
| Instrumental | *alþistanō | *alþistaimiz | *alþistaizō | *alþistaimiz | *alþistanō | *alþistaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *alþistô | *alþistaniz | *alþistǭ | *alþistōniz | *alþistô | *alþistōnō |
| Accusative | *alþistanų | *alþistanunz | *alþistōnų | *alþistōnunz | *alþistô | *alþistōnō |
| Genitive | *alþistiniz | *alþistanǫ̂ | *alþistōniz | *alþistōnǫ̂ | *alþistiniz | *alþistanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *alþistini | *alþistammaz | *alþistōni | *alþistōmaz | *alþistini | *alþistammaz |
| Instrumental | *alþistinē | *alþistammiz | *alþistōnē | *alþistōmiz | *alþistinē | *alþistammiz |
Descendants
- Old English: ieldest
- Middle English: [Term?]
- English: eldest
- Middle English: [Term?]
- Old Frisian: [Term?]
- North Frisian: äälst, ialst
- West Frisian: âldst
- Old Saxon: aldist
- Middle Low German: ôldest, ö̂ldest, êldest
- German Low German: öllst
- Middle Low German: ôldest, ö̂ldest, êldest
- Old High German: [Term?]
- Middle High German: [Term?]
- Central Franconian: äälste, ältste
- Cimbrian: éltorste
- German: ältesten
- Luxembourgish: eelsten
- Pennsylvania German: eltscht
- Yiddish: עלטסט (eltst)
- Middle High German: [Term?]
- Old Norse: ellztr
- Icelandic: elstur
- Faroese: elstur
- Norwegian: eldst
- Old Swedish: ælzter
- Swedish: äldst
- Danish: ældst