Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gliwi

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 *gliwją.

Noun

*gliwi n[1]

pleasure, joy

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gliwi	*gliuwju
Accusative	*gliwi	*gliuwju
Genitive	*gliuwjas	*gliuwjō
Dative	*gliuwjē	*gliuwjum
Instrumental	*gliuwju	*gliuwjum

Descendants

Old English: glīġ

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “PWGmc *gliwi”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “PWGmc *gliwi”