Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þelą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-o-s, from *telh₂- (“flat surface, ground; board, plank”). Compare Proto-Slavic *tьlò (“ground, bottom”), Sanskrit तल (tála, “surface, sloor”), Latin tellūs (“earth; world”), Old Irish talam (“earth, dry land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθe.lɑ̃/

Noun

*þelą n

1. floor; deal (plank)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *þelą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þelą	*þelō
vocative	*þelą	*þelō
accusative	*þelą	*þelō
genitive	*þelas, *þilis	*þelǫ̂
dative	*þelai	*þelamaz
instrumental	*þelō	*þelamiz

Related terms

• *þiljǭ

Descendants

• Old English: þel n
  • Middle English: thele
    • English: theal (dialectal)
• (Old Saxon: thili f)
• (Old Dutch: *thili)
• Old High German: dil m; dili n; dilo m
  • Middle High German: dil, til
• Old Norse: þel n; þili n; þeli n
  • Old Swedish: þiæl
  • → Finnish: teli
• → Proto-Samic: *tielō (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Finnic: *tëla (see there for further descendants)