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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/albits

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 reconstructions
  • *albuts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰ- (“white”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *olbǫdь (“swan”) and Latin albus (“white”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑl.βits/

Noun

*albits f[1]

  1. swan
    Synonym: *swanaz

Inflection
consonant stemDeclension of *albits (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *albits *albitiz
vocative *albit *albitiz
accusative *albitų *albitunz
genitive *albitiz *albitǫ̂
dative *albiti *albitumaz
instrumental *albitē *albitumiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *albit
    • Old English: ælbitu, ielfetu; ielfete; ielfette (< *albitjǭ)
      • English: Elvet (in placenames)
    • Old Saxon: *alvit, *elvit
      • >? Middle Low German: elft
    • Old Dutch: *alvit
    • Old High German: albiz, elbiz
      • Middle High German: albiz, elbiz
        • Alemannic (Swabian): Elbsch
  • Old Norse: alpt, álpt, ǫlpt; elptr

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*albut-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20
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