Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wisulā

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 Proto-Germanic *wisulǭ.

Noun

*wisulā f

1. weasel

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wisulā
Genitive	*wisulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wisulā	*wisulōn
Accusative	*wisulōn	*wisulōn
Genitive	*wisulōn	*wisulōnō
Dative	*wisulōn	*wisulōm, *wisulum
Instrumental	*wisulōn	*wisulōm, *wisulum

Descendants

• Old English: weosule, wesle, uuesulae, uuesole — early
  • Middle English: wesele, wassele, wasyll, whesille, weesylle, wesel, wesil, wesile, wezele
    • English: weasal
    • Middle Scots: quhasill, wasyll, wasyll
      • Scots: whaisel, whaizle, wheesel, weasel (associated with whaisle "to wheeze")
• Old Frisian: *wisele
  • Saterland Frisian: Wiezelke (possibly borrowed from German)
  • West Frisian: wezeling (possibly borrowed from Low German)
• Old Saxon: *wisula
  • Middle Low German: wēsel, wesele
    • Low German: Wessel, Wissel
    • Plautdietsch: Wäsel
• Old Dutch: *wisala
  • Middle Dutch: wēsel
    • Dutch: wezel
      • Afrikaans: wesel
    • Limburgish: wezel, wieëzel
• Old High German: wisula, wisala
  • Middle High German: wisele
    • German: Wiesel
    • Luxembourgish: Wisel