Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/telguz

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

Alternative forms

• *telgaz
• *talguz
• *telgô
• *telgǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *delh₁gʰ- (“to split; carve; hew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtel.ɣuz/

Noun

*telguz m or f

1. branch; twig

   Synonyms: *astaz, *limuz, *tōgô, *twīgą

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *telguz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*telguz	*tilgiwiz
vocative	*telgu	*tilgiwiz
accusative	*telgų	*telgunz
genitive	*telgauz	*tilgiwǫ̂
dative	*tilgiwi	*telgumaz
instrumental	*telgū	*telgumiz

Related terms

• *talgijaną
• *tulgaz
• *tulguz

Derived terms

• *telgōną
• *tilgijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *telgu
  • Old English: telga; telġe
    • Middle English: *telȝe, *tilȝe, *telwe, *tilwe
      • English: tillow
  • Old Frisian: *telch; *telge
    • Saterland Frisian: Teelge, Tälge
    • West Frisian: telch
  • Old Saxon: *telgo
    • Middle Low German: telge, telch
      • German Low German: Telg
  • Old Dutch: telg (in placenames)
    • Middle Dutch: telch
      • Dutch: telg
        • Afrikaans: telg
  • Old High German: zelga
    • Middle High German: zëlge, zëlch
      • German: Zelge
• Old Norse: tjalga; tollurr; tjalgr
  • Icelandic: tjálgur
  • Faroese: tollur (“tholepin”)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: telg, tjelg; talgegras
• → Proto-Finnic: *telki (see there for further descendants)