Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaduling

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

Alternative forms

*gadiling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gadilingaz (“kinsman, relative”).^[1] Compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (gadiliggs, “kinsman”).

Noun

*gaduling m^[2]

relative, kinsman

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gaduling
Genitive	*gadulingas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gaduling	gadulingō, gadulingōs
Accusative	*gaduling	*gadulingā
Genitive	*gadulingas	*gadulingō
Dative	*gadulingē	*gadulingum
Instrumental	*gadulingu	*gadulingum

Descendants

Old English: gædeling, geaduling
- Middle English: gadling, gedelyng, gedling
  - Scots: gedling
  - English: gadling
Old Saxon: gaduling, *gediling
- Middle Low German: gadelink, gedelink, gēdelinc
Old Dutch: *gediling
- Middle Dutch: gēdelinc
Old High German: gatuling, gataling, gatiling, *getiling
- Middle High German: getelinc, getlinc

References

^ A Reader in Nineteenth Century Historical Indo-European Linguistics. (1967). United Kingdom: Indiana University Press, p. 124
^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 252: “PWGmc *gaduling”

[1] A Reader in Nineteenth Century Historical Indo-European Linguistics. (1967). United Kingdom: Indiana University Press, p. 124

[2] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 252: “PWGmc *gaduling”

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