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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/elm
Proto-West Germanic
Alternative forms
- *olm[1]
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *elmaz.
Noun
*elm m
- elm tree
- wood from an elm tree
Declension
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *elm | |
Genitive | *elmas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *elm | *elmō, *elmōs |
Accusative | *elm | *elmā |
Genitive | *elmas | *elmō |
Dative | *elmē | *elmum |
Instrumental | *elmu | *elmum |
Descendants
- Old English: elm
- English: elm
- Old Saxon: *elm
- Middle Low German: elm, olm
- Low German: Elm, Ölm, Ilm, Ülm
- Middle Low German: elm, olm
- Old Dutch:
- Middle Dutch: olm
- Dutch: olm
- Middle Dutch: olm
- Old High German: elm
- Middle High German: ëlm, ëlme
- German: Ulme
- Alemannic German: Elme, Ilme, Olme
- Middle High German: ëlm, ëlme
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2011), “*elm, *ulmaz”, in The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, § 9. The evidence, pages 155–157