Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/andawlitją

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 forms

*andawlitô

Etymology

From *anda- +‎ *wlītaną +‎ *-ją.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɑndɑˈwlit.jɑ̃/

Noun

*andawlitją n^[1]

appearance, form
face

Inflection

Declension of *andawlitją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*andawlitją	*andawlitjō
vocative	*andawlitją	*andawlitjō
accusative	*andawlitją	*andawlitjō
genitive	andawlitjas, andawlitis	*andawlitjǫ̂
dative	*andawlitjai	*andawlitjamaz
instrumental	*andawlitjō	*andawlitjamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *andawliti, *andawlitō
- Old English: andwlita, andwlite (< *andawlitô)
  - Middle English: anlet, onlete
- Old Saxon: *andwlitti, *andlitti
  - Middle Low German: antlitte (possibly borrowed from High German)
    - >? Low German: Antlaat
- Old Dutch: *antliti, antlito
  - Middle Dutch: antlit
- Old High German: antlizzi
  - Middle High German: antlitze, antlütte, antlütze
    - German: Antlitz
Old Norse: andlit
- Icelandic: andlit
- Faroese: andlit
- Norwegian Bokmål: andlet
- Norwegian Nynorsk: andlit (obsolete), andlet
- Swedish: anlete
- Old Danish: andlæt
  - Danish: anled (obsolete)

References

^ Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, s.v. "*wlit(j)an" (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003), 469.

[1] Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, s.v. "*wlit(j)an" (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003), 469.

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