Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þurhil

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *þurhilaz, ultimately related to *þurhw (“through”).

Adjective

*þurhil[1]

  1. perforated
    Synonym: *þerh
Inflection
a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *þurhil
Genitive *þurhilas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *þurhil *þurhilu *þurhil
Accusative *þurhilanā *þurhilā *þurhil
Genitive *þurhilas *þurhileʀā *þurhilas
Dative *þurhilumē *þurhileʀē *þurhilumē
Instrumental *þurhilu *þurhileʀu *þurhilu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *þurhilē *þurhilō *þurhilu
Accusative *þurhilā *þurhilā *þurhilu
Genitive *þurhileʀō *þurhileʀō *þurhileʀō
Dative *þurhilēm, *þurhilum *þurhilēm, *þurhilum *þurhilēm, *þurhilum
Instrumental *þurhilēm, *þurhilum *þurhilēm, *þurhilum *þurhilēm, *þurhilum
Descendants
  • Old English: þyrel, þirel
    • ⇒? Middle English: thyrly
  • Old Saxon: *thurhil, thurkil
  • Old High German: durhil
    • Middle High German: dürchel, durkel, dürkel
      • German: dürchel, dürkel

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *þurhilą.

Noun

*þurhil n

  1. perforation, hole
Inflection
Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *þurhil
Genitive *þurhilas
Singular Plural
Nominative *þurhil *þurhilu
Accusative *þurhil *þurhilu
Genitive *þurhilas *þurhilō
Dative *þurhilē *þurhilum
Instrumental *þurhilu *þurhilum
Derived terms
  • *þurhilōn
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 224: “PWGmc *þurhil”
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