Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/friundskapi

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *friund +‎ *-skapi.

Noun

*friundskapi m [1]

friendship

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*friundskapi	*friundskapī
Accusative	*friundskapi	*friundskapī
Genitive	*friundskapī	*friundskappjō
Dative	*friundskapī	*friundskapim
Instrumental	*friundskapī	*friundskapim

Descendants

Old English: frēondsċipe
- Middle English: frendschip
  - English: friendship
  - Scots: friendship
Old Frisian: friūndskip
- West Frisian: freonskip
Old Saxon: friundskepi
Old Dutch: friundscap
- Middle Dutch: vrientschap
  - Dutch: vriendschap
Old High German: friuntscaf
- German: Freundschaft

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 132: “PWGmc *friund(V)skapi”

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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 132: “PWGmc *friund(V)skapi”