Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/elm

This Proto-West 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-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
	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
Old Dutch:
- Middle Dutch: olm
  - Dutch: olm
Old High German: elm
- Middle High German: ëlm, ëlme
  - German: Ulme
  - Alemannic German: Elme, Ilme, Olme

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

[PGnS-1] 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