Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þistilaz

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

Etymology

Usually considered to derive from pre-Germanic *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”), though with superficial mechanical reasoning, with dubious though formally possibly succedent zero-grade *-sd- (“sitting”), having acquired the Germanic suffix *-ilaz.[1] Compare *mistilaz for the formation.

Alternatively, Orel considers the word to be formed from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to cut, fashion”) + *-elo- (the latter whence *-ilaz).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθis.ti.lɑz/

Noun

*þistilaz m[2]

  1. thistle

Inflection

Declension of *þistilaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þistilaz *þistilōz, *þistilōs
vocative *þistil *þistilōz, *þistilōs
accusative *þistilą *þistilanz
genitive *þistilas, *þistilis *þistilǫ̂
dative *þistilai *þistilamaz
instrumental *þistilō *þistilamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Balles, Irene (1999) “Zum germanischen Namen der Mistel”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics‎[1] (in German), volume 112, number 1, page 140
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þe(x)stilaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
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