Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þriddjō

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 *þridjô.

Adjective

*þriddjō[1]

third

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: þridda, þridde
- Middle English: thridde, thrid
  - English: third
  - Scots: thrid
Old Frisian: thredda
- Saterland Frisian: trääde
- West Frisian: tredde
Old Saxon: thriddio
- Middle Low German: dridde, derde, dirde
  - German Low German: darde, dard
Old Dutch: *thriddo
- Middle Dutch: dridde, derde
  - Dutch: derde
    - Afrikaans: derde
Old High German: dritto
- Middle High German: dritte, drite, tritte
  - German: dritte

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[þridʲdʲō]”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[þridʲdʲō]”