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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/galdijaną

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 *galdijaz (barren, fruitless, castrated) + *-janą (factitive suffix). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to cut).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑl.ði.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*galdijaną[1][2]

  1. to geld, castrate

Inflection

  • *gelþō

Descendants

  • >? Proto-West Germanic: *galtijan
    • Old Saxon: *geltian
    • Old Dutch: *gelten
      • Middle Dutch: *gelten
    • Old High German: *gelzen
      • Middle High German: gelzen
        • German: gelzen
    (unclear why West Germanic descendants have a 't')
  • Old Norse: gelda

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gald(j)a-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164:*galdjan-
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒalđjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 124
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