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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaitling

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 *gait (“thrush”) +‎ *-ling.

Noun

*gaitling m

  1. thrush

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *gaitling
Genitive *gaitlingas
Singular Plural
Nominative *gaitling *gaitlingō, *gaitlingōs
Accusative *gaitling *gaitlingā
Genitive *gaitlingas *gaitlingō
Dative *gaitlingē *gaitlingum
Instrumental *gaitlingu *gaitlingum

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: *gētling
    • Middle Low German: geidling, geilink
      • German Low German:
        Bentheimisch: Gaidling
        Dormundisch: Gaẹ̆tlink
        Westmünsterländisch: Geetling
  • Old Dutch: *geitling
    • Middle Dutch: geidling
      • Dutch: gieteling, (archaic) gietelinc
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