Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unflādi

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 *un- (“un”) +‎ *flādi (“cleanliness, beauty”).[1]

Noun

*unflādi f

  1. impurity, dirt, filth

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *unflādi
Genitive *unflādī
Singular Plural
Nominative *unflādi *unflādī
Accusative *unflādi *unflādī
Genitive *unflādī *unflādijō
Dative *unflādī *unflādim, *unflādijum
Instrumental *unflādī *unflādim, *unflādijum

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: *unflād
    • Middle Low German: unvlāt, unvlēt, unvlōt m or f
  • Old High German: *unflāt
    • Middle High German: unvlāte, unvlāt, unflāte f; unvlāt, unflāt, unfluot m or n

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Unflat”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 750
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