Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aþulingaz

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

Etymology

From *aþulijaz +‎ *-ingaz.

Noun

*aþulingaz m^[1]

prince

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *aþulingaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*aþulingaz	aþulingōz, aþulingōs
vocative	*aþuling	aþulingōz, aþulingōs
accusative	*aþulingą	*aþulinganz
genitive	aþulingas, aþulingis	*aþulingǫ̂
dative	*aþulingai	*aþulingamaz
instrumental	*aþulingō	*aþulingamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *aþuling
- Old English: æþeling, æðeling — edh spelling, eþeling — Mercian
  - Middle English: atheling
    - English: atheling
  - →? Middle Welsh: edling, edlyg, etling (or from Middle English)
    - Welsh: edling, edlin
      - → English: edling
- Old Frisian: etheling, edling
- Old Saxon: ethiling
- Old Dutch: etheling
  - Middle Dutch: ēdelinc
    - Dutch: edeling
- Old High German: adaling
- → Latin: adelingus, adalingus
Old Norse: ǫðlingr
- Icelandic: öðlingur
- Swedish: ädling

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 251: “PNWGmc *aþulingaz”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 251: “PNWGmc *aþulingaz”

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