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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/galdijaz

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 forms

  • *galdaz

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to cut) or *gʰel- (to shout, sing, charm) via a sense of "bewitched/cursed (with infertility)".

Adjective

*galdijaz

  1. unfruitful, barren, infertile

Inflection


Derived terms

  • *gelþō

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *galdī
  • Old Norse: geldr, *galdr
    • Icelandic: geldur
    • Faroese: geldur
    • Old Swedish: galder
    • Norwegian Bokmål: gold
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: gold
    • Danish: gold
    • Middle English: gelde, gealde, geld
      • English: geld (now dialectal)
      • Scots: geld
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