Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/galmaz

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

  • *gallmaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to call, chant, shout”).

Noun

*galmaz m

  1. reverberation, echo

Inflection

Declension of *galmaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *galmaz *galmōz, *galmōs
vocative *galm *galmōz, *galmōs
accusative *galmą *galmanz
genitive *galmas, *galmis *galmǫ̂
dative *galmai *galmamaz
instrumental *galmō *galmamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *galm
    • Old Frisian: *galm
      • West Frisian: galm (alternatively borrowed from Dutch)
    • Old Saxon: galm
      • Middle Low German: galm
        • Dutch Low Saxon: galm, naogalm
        • German Low German: Galm
    • Old Dutch: *galm
    • Old High German: galm
      • Middle High German: galm
        • German: Galm
  • Old Norse: galmr (“sword”, literally “the clear-sounder”)
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