*felþuz

Runic: ᚠᛖᛚᚦᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸel.θuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

field, plain

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pélth₂-u- (‘level surface, flatness’), the e-grade stem of an o/e-acrostatic u-stem abstract *pólth₂-u ~ *pélth₂-u-s, derived from *pléth₂-u-s ~ *pl̥th₂-éu-s (‘broad, flat, level’), from root *pleth₂- (‘to spread out, become broad)’. Cognate with Sanskrit पृथु (pṛthú-) (pṛthú-, ‘broad, wide’), Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬎 (pərəθu-) (pərəθu-, ‘broad’), and Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús) (platús, ‘broad, flat’). The semantic development was ‘flat, level’ → ‘level surface, plain’ → ‘field, cultivated flat ground’ (Widmer 2004).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	felþuz	filþiwiz
Acc.	felþų	felþunz
Gen.	felþauz	filþiwǫ̂
Dat.	filþiwi	felþumaz
Inst.	felþū	felþumiz
Voc.	felþu	filþiwiz

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Descendants

*felþ, *felþu (Proto-West Germanic)
- felt, feld, ueld (Old Dutch)
  - velt (Middle Dutch)
    - veld (Dutch)
*felþ, *felþu (Proto-West Germanic)
- felt, feld, ueld (Old Dutch)
  - velt (Middle Dutch)
    - veld (Dutch)
      - veld (Afrikaans)
        
        veld (English)
*felþ, *felþu (Proto-West Germanic)
- feld (Old English)
  - feld, feeld (Middle English)
    - field (English)
    - fielth, felth, feilth, feld, feild (Scots)
*felþ, *felþu (Proto-West Germanic)
- feld (Old Frisian)
  - Fäild (Saterland Frisian)
  - fjild (West Frisian)
*felþ, *felþu (Proto-West Germanic)
- feld (Old High German)
  - vëlt (Middle High German)
    - Fald (Alemannic German)
    - Fejd (Bavarian)
    - Feld (German)
    - Fald, Feld, Fell (Rhine Franconian)
    - פֿעלד (feld) (Yiddish)
*felþ, *felþu (Proto-West Germanic)
- feld (Old Saxon)
  - velt (Middle Low German)
    - felt (Danish)
    - Feld (Low German)
    - felt (Icelandic)
    - Feld (Low German)
    - felt (Norwegian)
    - Felt (Plautdietsch)
    - fält (Swedish)
*fjalðr (Old Norse)
- fialder (Old Swedish)
*pëlto (Proto-Finnic)

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