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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hailag

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

From Proto-Germanic *hailagaz. Equivalent to *hail + *-g.

Adjective

*hailag[1]

  1. holy, sacred

Inflection

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *hailag
Genitive *hailagas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *hailag *hailagu *hailag
Accusative *hailaganā *hailagā *hailag
Genitive *hailagas *hailageʀā *hailagas
Dative *hailagumē *hailageʀē *hailagumē
Instrumental *hailagu *hailageʀu *hailagu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *hailagē *hailagō *hailagu
Accusative *hailagā *hailagā *hailagu
Genitive *hailageʀō *hailageʀō *hailageʀō
Dative *hailagēm, *hailagum *hailagēm, *hailagum *hailagēm, *hailagum
Instrumental *hailagēm, *hailagum *hailagēm, *hailagum *hailagēm, *hailagum

Descendants

  • Old English: hāliġ, hāleġ, hālæġ; hǣliġ
    • Middle English: holy
      • English: holy
      • Scots: haly, halie
      • Yola: holly, holy
  • Old Frisian: hēlich, hilich, *hālich
    • North Frisian: hallig, hellig, hillig, hoeldig
    • Saterland Frisian: helig, halg
    • West Frisian: hillig
  • Old Saxon: hēlag
    • Middle Low German: hilch, hillich (inflected hillig-)
      • Westphalian:
        Paderbornisch: hilg-, (en) Hilgen
        Münsterländisch: hillig
        Westmünsterländisch: hillig
        East Westphalian: hilg (Ravensbergisch)
      • Plautdietsch: heilich
  • Old Dutch: heilig
  • Old High German: heilag

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 335:PWGmc *hailag
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