Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īlu

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

Unknown; possibly a nominal of an intensive formation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”).[1]

Noun

*īlu f

  1. haste, eagerness

Declension

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *īlu
Genitive *īlā
Singular Plural
Nominative *īlu *īlō
Accusative *īlā *īlā
Genitive *īlā *īlō
Dative *īlē *īlōm, *īlum
Instrumental *īlu *īlōm, *īlum

Derived terms

  • *īlijan
  • *īlīg
  • *īlōn
    • Old Frisian: *īlia
    • Old Dutch: īlon

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: īle
  • Old Saxon: *īla
    • Middle Low German: īle
      • German Low German: Iele, Üile, Uile, Üle, Iel
  • Old Dutch: *īla
  • Old High German: īla

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “eilen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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