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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hūʀijuling
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *hūʀiju (“payment, hire”) + *-ling.
Noun
*hūʀijuling m
- employee, hireling
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *hūʀijuling | |
Genitive | *hūʀijulingas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *hūʀijuling | *hūʀijulingō, *hūʀijulingōs |
Accusative | *hūʀijuling | *hūʀijulingā |
Genitive | *hūʀijulingas | *hūʀijulingō |
Dative | *hūʀijulingē | *hūʀijulingum |
Instrumental | *hūʀijulingu | *hūʀijulingum |
Descendants
- Old English: hȳrling
- Middle English: hirlyng
- English: hireling
- Middle English: hirlyng
- Old Frisian: *hērling
- West Frisian: hierling
- Old Saxon: *hūriling
- Middle Low German: *hürling
- German Low German: Hüürling
- → Danish: hyrling
- → German: Heuerling
- Middle Low German: *hürling
- Old Dutch: *hūriling
- Middle Dutch: hûrlink
- Dutch: huurling
- Afrikaans: hierlingen
- Dutch: huurling
- Middle Dutch: hûrlink
- Old High German: *hūriling
- Middle High German: hûrlinc