Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ōþil

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

From Proto-Germanic *ōþalą, reformed with the productive agent noun suffix *-il.

Noun

*ōþil m[1]

  1. homeland
    Synonym: *ard
  2. patrimony
    Synonym: *arbī
  3. (Runic alphabet) name of the O-rune (ᛟ)

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *ōþil
Genitive *ōþilas
Singular Plural
Nominative *ōþil *ōþilō, *ōþilōs
Accusative *ōþil *ōþilā
Genitive *ōþilas *ōþilō
Dative *ōþilē *ōþilum
Instrumental *ōþilu *ōþilum

Descendants

  • Old English: ēþel, œ̄þel, œ̄ðel (Anglian), ǣþel, eðel, *ᛟᚦᛖᛚ (*œþel)
  • Old Frisian: ēthel
  • Old Saxon: ōthil
  • Old High German: uodil

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270: “PWGmc *ōþil”
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