Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/galdr

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 Proto-Germanic *galdraz.

Noun

*galdr m[1]

singing, song
incantation

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*galdr
Genitive	*galdras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*galdr	galdrō, galdrōs
Accusative	*galdr	*galdrā
Genitive	*galdras	*galdrō
Dative	*galdrē	*galdrum
Instrumental	*galdru	*galdrum

Related terms

*galan

Descendants

Old English: galdor, gealdor
- Middle English: galder
Old High German: galdar

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328: “PWGmc *galdr”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328: “PWGmc *galdr”