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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aþulingaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *aþulijaz + *-ingaz.
Noun
*aþulingaz m[1]
- prince
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *aþulingaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *aþulingaz | *aþulingōz, *aþulingōs | |
| vocative | *aþuling | *aþulingōz, *aþulingōs | |
| accusative | *aþulingą | *aþulinganz | |
| genitive | *aþulingas, *aþulingis | *aþulingǫ̂ | |
| dative | *aþulingai | *aþulingamaz | |
| instrumental | *aþulingō | *aþulingamiz | |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *aþuling
- Old English: æþeling
- Middle English: atheling
- English: atheling (generally referring to an Anglo-Saxon prince)
- Middle English: atheling
- Old Frisian: etheling, edling
- Old Saxon: ethiling
- Old Dutch: etheling
- Middle Dutch: ēdelinc
- Dutch: edeling
- Middle Dutch: ēdelinc
- Old High German: adaling
- → Latin: adelingus, adalingus
- Old English: æþeling
- Old Norse: ǫðlingr
- Icelandic: öðlingur
- Swedish: ädling
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 251: “PNWGmc *aþulingaz”