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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aliþiudīg

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *aliþeudu +‎ *-g. For the first element, see *alljas (“otherwise, else”).[1][2]

Adjective

*aliþiudīg

  1. from another nation, foreign
    Synonym: *alilandī

Inflection
a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *aliþiudīg
Genitive *aliþiudīgas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *aliþiudīg *aliþiudīgu *aliþiudīg
Accusative *aliþiudīganā *aliþiudīgā *aliþiudīg
Genitive *aliþiudīgas *aliþiudīgeʀā *aliþiudīgas
Dative *aliþiudīgumē *aliþiudīgeʀē *aliþiudīgumē
Instrumental *aliþiudīgu *aliþiudīgeʀu *aliþiudīgu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *aliþiudīgē *aliþiudīgō *aliþiudīgu
Accusative *aliþiudīgā *aliþiudīgā *aliþiudīgu
Genitive *aliþiudīgeʀō *aliþiudīgeʀō *aliþiudīgeʀō
Dative *aliþiudīgēm, *aliþiudīgum *aliþiudīgēm, *aliþiudīgum *aliþiudīgēm, *aliþiudīgum
Instrumental *aliþiudīgēm, *aliþiudīgum *aliþiudīgēm, *aliþiudīgum *aliþiudīgēm, *aliþiudīgum

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Old English: elþīediġ, elþēodiġ
  • Old Saxon: elithiodig
  • Old High German: elidiutīg, elidiotīg

References
  1. “else”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  2. Ayto, J. (2009). Word Origins. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing
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