Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/burgislī

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 *burgijan (“to bury in a mound”) +‎ *-islī.

Noun

*burgislī n

1. (North Sea Germanic) tomb, burial

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*burgislī
Genitive	*burgislijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*burgislī	*burgisliju
Accusative	*burgislī	*burgisliju
Genitive	*burgislijas	*burgislijō
Dative	*burgislijē	*burgislijum
Instrumental	*burgisliju	*burgislijum

Descendants

• Old English: byrġels
  • Middle English: beriel, buriel, biriel, buriels, biriels, beriall, bereall, beryell
    • English: burial
    • Scots: buirial
• Old Saxon: burgisli