Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/felþu

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 Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field”).

Noun

*felþu m

field

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*felþu
Genitive	*felþō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*felþu	filþiwi, felþō
Accusative	*felþu	*felþū
Genitive	*felþō	*filþiwō
Dative	filþiwi, felþō	*felþum
Instrumental	*felþu	*felþum

Alternative reconstructions

*felþ n

Descendants

Old English: feld
- Middle English: feld, feeld
  - English: field
  - Scots: fielth, felth, feilth, feld, feild
Old Frisian: feld n
- North Frisian: fjild
- Saterland Frisian: Fäild
- West Frisian: fjild
Old Saxon: feld n
- Middle Low German: velt
  - German Low German: Feld
  - Low German: Feld
  - Plautdietsch: Felt
  - → Danish: felt
  - → Icelandic: felt
  - → Norwegian: felt
  - → Swedish: fält
Old Dutch: felt, feld, ueld
- Middle Dutch: velt
  - Dutch: veld
    - Afrikaans: veld
      - → English: veld
    - Negerhollands: veld
    - → Caribbean Javanese: fèlt
Old High German: feld n
- Middle High German: vëlt
  - Alemannic German: Fald
    Swabian: Fäld
  - Bavarian: Fejd
    Cimbrian:
    
    Mòcheno: vèlt
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Feld
    
    Luxembourgish: Feld
  - East Central German:
    Upper Saxon German:
    
    Vilamovian: fald
  - East Franconian:
  - German: Feld
  - Rhine Franconian: Fald, Feld, Fell
    Frankfurterisch: [fɛlt]
  - Yiddish: פֿעלד (feld)