Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hailī

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 *hail (“healthy”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*hailī f^[1]

health

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hailī
Genitive	*hailīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hailī	—
Accusative	*hailīn	—
Genitive	*hailīn	—
Dative	*hailīn	—
Instrumental	*hailīn	—

Descendants

Old English: hǣlu, hǣlo
- Middle English: hele, hale, heale, heel, heele, helle, hel, ȝel, ȝele, eale, hæle (Early Middle English)
  - English: heal
  - Scots: heal, hele
  - Yola: heale, heall, heal, hele
Old Dutch: *heili
- Middle Dutch: heile
Old Saxon: hēli
- Middle Low German: hêle, heile
Old High German: heilī
- Middle High German: heile
  - German: Heile (obsolete)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xailaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 151

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xailaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 151

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