Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fūliþu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *fūl +‎ *-iþu.

Noun

*fūliþu f[1]

foulness, rottenness, filth

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fūliþu
Genitive	*fūliþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fūliþu	*fūliþō
Accusative	*fūliþā	*fūliþā
Genitive	*fūliþā	*fūliþō
Dative	*fūliþē	*fūliþōm
Instrumental	*fūliþu	*fūliþōm

Descendants

Old English: fȳlþ
- Middle English: fülthe, felthe, filthe
  - Scots: fylth, filth
  - English: filth
Old Saxon: fūlitha
- Middle Low German: vūlede
Old Dutch: fūlitha
- Middle Dutch: *vuulde
  - Dutch: vuilte
Old High German: fūlida
- Middle High German: vūlde

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 224: “PWGmc *fūliþu”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 224: “PWGmc *fūliþu”