Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/landaskapiz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/landaskapiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From *landą (“land”) +‎ *-skapiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑn.dɑ.ˌskɑ.piz/

Noun

*landaskapiz m[1]

1. landscape
2. region, area

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *landaskapiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*landaskapiz	*landaskapīz
vocative	*landaskapi	*landaskapīz
accusative	*landaskapį	*landaskapinz
genitive	*landaskapīz	*landaskapjǫ̂
dative	*landaskapī	*landaskapimaz
instrumental	*landaskapī	*landaskapimiz

Descendants

• Old English: landscipe, landsceap
  • Middle English: *landschippe, *landschapp
    • English: landskip, lantschip (obsolete), landscape (inlfuence by Dutch landschap)
    • Scots: landskip, landskipe
• Old Frisian: *landskipe
  • West Frisian: lânskip
• Old Saxon: landskepi
  • Middle Low German: lantschap, lantschop
    • Low German: landschop
• Old Dutch: *landskepi, *landskapi
  • Middle Dutch: landscap, lantscap
    • Dutch: landschap
• Old High German: lantskaf
  • Middle High German: lantschaft
    • German: Landschaft
• Old Norse: landskapr
  • Icelandic: landskapur
  • Swedish: landskap

References

1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*landa-skapaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 235