Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/oli

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

Borrowed from Latin oleum (“olive oil”).

Noun

*oli n

1. olive oil

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*oli
Genitive	*olljas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*oli	*ollju
Accusative	*oli	*ollju
Genitive	*olljas	*olljō
Dative	*olljē	*olljum
Instrumental	*ollju	*olljum

Derived terms

• *olibaʀi
• *olibaum

Descendants

• Old English: ole, œle, ele
  • Middle English: ele, ely, el
• Old Frisian: olie, ele
  • Saterland Frisian: Oulje
  • West Frisian: oalje
• Old Saxon: *oli
  • Middle Low German: ȫlie, ollige, olige, olge, ollich, olij, ȫley, ȫlie, ȫle, ȫl
    • → Danish: olie
    • German Low German: Öllje, Öölje, Ööl
• Old Dutch: olig
  • Middle Dutch: olei, olej, olie
    • Dutch: olie
      • Afrikaans: olie
• Old High German: oli, ole, olei
  • Middle High German: ole, öle
    • German: Öl