Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aþulingaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

  • *aþulīngaz

Etymology

From *aþulijaz +‎ *-ingaz.

Noun

*aþulingaz m[1]

  1. prince, nobleman

Inflection

Declension of *aþulingaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *aþulingaz *aþulingōz, *aþulingōs
vocative *aþuling *aþulingōz, *aþulingōs
accusative *aþulingą *aþulinganz
genitive *aþulingas, *aþulingis *aþulingǫ̂
dative *aþulingai *aþulingamaz
instrumental *aþulingō *aþulingamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *aþuling, *aþulīng
    • Old English: æþeling, æðeling (edh spelling), eþeling (Mercian)
      • Middle English: atheling
      • →? Middle Welsh: edling, edlyg, etling (or from Middle English)
    • Old Frisian: etheling, edling
    • Old Saxon: ethiling
    • Old Dutch: etheling
      • Middle Dutch: ēdelinc
        • Dutch: edeling
    • Old High German: adaling
    • → Latin: adelingus, adalingus
  • Old Norse: ǫðlingr

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 251: “PNWGmc *aþulingaz”
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