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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þistilaz.
Noun
*þistil m
- thistle
- Synonyms: *kardā, *taisilu
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*þistil
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| Genitive
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*þistilas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*þistil
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*þistilō, *þistilōs
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| Accusative
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*þistil
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*þistilā
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| Genitive
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*þistilas
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*þistilō
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| Dative
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*þistilē
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*þistilum
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| Instrumental
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*þistilu
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*þistilum
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Descendants
- Old English: þistel
- Middle English: thistel, þistel, thystyl, þistil, thestel, thystylle, thystyll, þestel, thistill, þystel, þissle, thystul
- Old Frisian: *thistel
- Saterland Frisian: Tíesel
- West Frisian: tister
- Old Saxon: thistil, thīstil
- Old Dutch: *thistil
- Old High German: distil, distila