Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaitling

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 *gait (“thrush”) +‎ *-ling.

Noun

*gaitling m

thrush

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gaitling
Genitive	*gaitlingas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gaitling	gaitlingō, gaitlingōs
Accusative	*gaitling	*gaitlingā
Genitive	*gaitlingas	*gaitlingō
Dative	*gaitlingē	*gaitlingum
Instrumental	*gaitlingu	*gaitlingum

Descendants

Old Saxon: *gētling
- Middle Low German: geidling, geilink
  - German Low German:
    Bentheimisch: Gaidling
    Dormundisch: Gaẹ̆tlink
    Westmünsterländisch: Geetling
Old Dutch: *geitling
- Middle Dutch: geidling
  - Dutch: gieteling, (archaic) gietelinc