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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/salmō

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

Borrowed from Latin salmō (“salmon”).[1]

Noun

*salmō m

salmon
Synonym: *lahs

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*salmō
Genitive	salmini, salman
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*salmō	*salman
Accusative	*salman	*salman
Genitive	salmini, salman	*salmanō
Dative	salmini, salman	*salmum
Instrumental	salmini, salman	*salmum

Descendants

Old Saxon: salmo
- Middle Low German: salme, salm
  - German Low German: Salm
Old Dutch: *salmo
- Middle Dutch: salme, salm, zalm
  - Dutch: zalm
    - Afrikaans: salm
    - →? West Frisian: salm
    - → Caribbean Javanese: salem
Old High German: salmo
- Middle High German: salme
  - German: Salm

References

de Vries, Jan (1971) “zalm”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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