Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baltijaz

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 forms

*baltiją

Etymology

An early borrowing from Latin balteus (“girdle, sword belt”), of Etruscan origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑl.ti.jɑz/

Noun

*baltijaz m

belt

Inflection

masculine ja-stemDeclension of *baltijaz (masculine ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*baltijaz	baltijōz, baltijōs
vocative	*baltī	baltijōz, baltijōs
accusative	*baltiją	*baltijanz
genitive	baltijas, baltīs	*baltijǫ̂
dative	*baltijai	*baltijamaz
instrumental	*baltijō	*baltijamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *baltī, *balti, *balt
- Old English: belt
  - Middle English: belt
    - English: belt (see there for further descendants)
    - Scots: belt
- Old Saxon: *balti
  - Middle Low German: *belte
    - Plautdietsch: Belt
- Frankish: *balti, *balt
  - ⇒ Frankish: *baltiraidī, *baltgaraidī
    - → Vulgar Latin: *balterād, *balterāt
      - Old French: baldrei, baldré, baudré
        ⇒ Middle French: baudrier
        French: baudrier
        → Italian: budriere
        → Middle English: baudry, bauderik, baudrik
        English: baldric
        → Middle High German: balderich, belderich
      - Old Occitan: baldrat, baldrei
        → Spanish: baldrés
        → Portuguese: baldreu
- Old High German: balz, palz
  - >? Middle High German: balz, balzer
    - German: Balz (etymology disputed)
Old Norse: belti
- Icelandic: belti
- Faroese: belti
- Danish: bælte
- Norwegian: belte
- Old Swedish: bælte
  - Swedish: bälte