Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gīsl

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 *gīslaz.

Noun

*gīsl m^[1]

hostage

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gīsl
Genitive	*gīslas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gīsl	gīslō, gīslōs
Accusative	*gīsl	*gīslā
Genitive	*gīslas	*gīslō
Dative	*gīslē	*gīslum
Instrumental	*gīslu	*gīslum

Derived terms

*gīslōn

Descendants

Old English: ġīsel, ġīsl
- Middle English: ȝisel, ȝisle
Old Saxon: gīsal
- Middle Low German: gîsel
  - Low German: Giesel
Old Dutch: *gīsal
- Middle Dutch: gisel
  - Dutch: gijzel
  - → West Frisian: gizel
  - Middle Dutch: giselare
    - Dutch: gijzelaar
    - → West Frisian: gizeler
Old High German: gīsal, (Lombardic) gîsil
- Middle High German: gīsel
  - German: Geisel
    - → German Low German: Geisel

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 329: “PWGmc *gīsl”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 329: “PWGmc *gīsl”

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