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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/api

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

Borrowed from Latin apium (“parsley, celery”).[1]

Noun

*api m

  1. parsley, celery
    Synonym: *petarsilljā

Inflection
Masculine ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *api
Genitive *appjas
Singular Plural
Nominative *api *appjō, *appjōs
Accusative *api *appjā
Genitive *appjas *appjō
Dative *appjē *appjum
Instrumental *appju *appjum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *apik

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: *eppi
    • Middle Low German: eppe, eppich
  • Old Dutch: *eppi
  • Old High German: epfi, epfih
    • Middle High German: epfe, epf, epfich
      • German: Eppich, Epfich, Ebich (archaic, regional)

References
  1. de Vries, Jan (1971) “linze”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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