Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/natilā
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From unattested *natā, from Proto-Germanic *natǭ (“nettle”), + *-ilā (plant and animal suffix).[1][2][3]
Noun
[edit]*natilā f
Inflection
[edit]| ōn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *natilā | |
| Genitive | *natilōn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *natilā | *natilōn |
| Accusative | *natilōn | *natilōn |
| Genitive | *natilōn | *natilōnō |
| Dative | *natilōn | *natilōm, *natilum |
| Instrumental | *natilōn | *natilōm, *natilum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: netele, netle
- Old Frisian: *netele
- Old Saxon: netila
- Old Dutch: *netila
- Old High German: nezzila
References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*natōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270: “PWGmc *natilā”
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Nessel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 502: “wg. *natilōn”