Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/landaskapi

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 *landaskapiz. Equivalent to *land (“land”) +‎ *-skapi.

Noun

*landaskapi m

1. landscape
2. region

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*landaskapi
Genitive	*landaskapī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*landaskapi	*landaskapī
Accusative	*landaskapi	*landaskapī
Genitive	*landaskapī	*landaskappjō
Dative	*landaskapī	*landaskapim, *landaskappjum
Instrumental	*landaskapī	*landaskapim, *landaskappjum

Descendants

• Old English: landscipe, landsċeap
  • Middle English: *landschippe, *landschapp
    • English: landscape (influenced by Dutch landschap), landskip, lantschip (obsolete)
    • Scots: landskip, landskipe
• Old Frisian: *landskipe
  • West Frisian: lânskip
• Old Saxon: landskepi
  • Middle Low German: lantschap, lantschop
    • Low German: landschop
• Old Dutch: *landskepi, *landskapi
  • Middle Dutch: landscap, lantscap
    • Dutch: landschap
• Old High German: lantskaf
  • Middle High German: lantschaft
    • German: Landschaft