Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/felþą

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

Etymology

Kroonen suggests Proto-Indo-European *pelth₂- (“field, plain”), though the normal form of this root is *pleth₂- (“flat”).[1] LIN prefers to derive this from *pelh₂-, the schwebeablaut form of *pleh₂- (“flat”).[2]

Noun

*felþą n

field, plain

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *felþą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*felþą	*felþō
vocative	*felþą	*felþō
accusative	*felþą	*felþō
genitive	felþas, filþis	*felþǫ̂
dative	*filþai	*felþamaz
instrumental	*felþō	*felþamiz

Related terms

*fuldō

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *felþu
- Old English: feld
  - Middle English: feld, feeld
    - English: field
    - Scots: feld, feild
- Old Frisian: feld
  - North Frisian: fjild
  - Saterland Frisian: Fäild
  - West Frisian: fjild
- Old Saxon: feld
  - Middle Low German: velt
    - German Low German: Feld
    - Low German: feld
    - Plautdietsch: Felt
    - → Danish: felt
    - → Icelandic: felt
    - → Norwegian: felt
    - → Swedish: fält
- Old Dutch: felt
  - Middle Dutch: velt
    - Dutch: veld
      - Afrikaans: veld
        → English: veld
      - Negerhollands: veld
      - → Caribbean Javanese: fèlt
- Old High German: feld
  - Middle High German: vëlt
    - Alemannic German: Fald
      Swabian: Fäld
    - Bavarian: Fejd
      Cimbrian:
      Mòcheno: vèlt
    - Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Feld
      Luxembourgish: Feld
    - East Central German:
      Upper Saxon:
      Vilamovian: fald
    - East Franconian:
    - German: Feld
    - Rhine Franconian: Fald, Feld, Fell
      Frankfurterisch: [fɛlt]
    - Yiddish: פֿעלד‎ (feld)
→ Proto-Finnic: *pelto (see there for further descendants)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*pleh₂-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 562-564

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[2] Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*pleh₂-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 562-564