Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þullaz

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

Unknown. Comparisons to Ancient Greek τύλος (túlos, “callus; knot; knob; trenail”), τύλη (túlē, “callus; hump; pad, cushion”), Proto-Slavic *tylъ (“nape”) (assuming original “neck”), Lithuanian tulis (“axle nail”)[1] are promising but prone to coincidence. If related, the Germanic could be from *tuh₂-l-nó-s, from an n-stem which like the aforementioned cognates would also contain an l-suffix, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”); the virtual root might be analyzable as a late PIE *tewl- ~ *twel-.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθul.lɑz/

Noun

*þullaz m[1]

  1. (perhaps originally) wooden peg or pole
  2. thole, rowlock

Inflection

Declension of *þullaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þullaz *þullōz, *þullōs
vocative *þull *þullōz, *þullōs
accusative *þullą *þullanz
genitive *þullas, *þullis *þullǫ̂
dative *þullai *þullamaz
instrumental *þullō *þullamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þoll
    • Old English: þol, þoll
      • Middle English: thole
    • Old Frisian: tholl
    • Old Saxon: *tholl
    • Old Dutch: *tholl
    • → Old French: *toll
      • ⇒ Old French: *tollet
        • Middle French: tollet
          •  French: tolet (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: þollr (“fir tree; peg; *thole”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þullaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428

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