Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ārundī

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

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *airundiją. Monophthongisation of ai to ā before r is regular and shared with North Germanic; compare e.g. Proto-West Germanic *sair.

Noun

*ārundī n[1]

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ārundī
Genitive	*ārundijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ārundī	*ārundiju
Accusative	*ārundī	*ārundiju
Genitive	*ārundijas	*ārundijō
Dative	*ārundijē	*ārundijum
Instrumental	*ārundiju	*ārundijum

Derived terms

*ārundijan
*ārundijōn
- Old English: ǣrendian, ǣrndian
  - Middle English: arndien, erndien, erenden, ernden
    - English: errand
- Old Saxon: *ārundeōn
  - ⇒ Old Saxon: giārundeod (ppt)

Descendants

Old English: ǣrende, ǣrænde
- Middle English: erende, erand, arend, ernde, arnde
  - English: errand
  - Scots: erand, eirand, earand
  - Yola: erroane, errone
Old Frisian: ērende
Old Saxon: ārundi
Old High German: ārunti
- Middle High German: ārant, arant, erande, erende
  - Bavarian: Erend, Ernd

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*ārundī”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*ārundī”