Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hasl

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 *haslaz.

Noun

*hasl m^[1]

hazel

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hasl
Genitive	*haslas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hasl	haslō, haslōs
Accusative	*hasl	*haslā
Genitive	*haslas	*haslō
Dative	*haslē	*haslum
Instrumental	*haslu	*haslum

Descendants

Old English: hæsl, hæsel, hæsil
- Middle English: hasel, hasell, hasil, hasill, hasul, hasyl, haysell, hesel, hesill, hesyll
  - English: hazel (dialectal halse)
  - Scots: hazel
  - Yola: hawlse
Old Saxon: *hasal
- Middle Low German: hāsel
  - Plautdietsch: Hausel
Old Dutch: *hasal
- Middle Dutch: hāsel
  - Dutch: hazel
Old High German: hasal
- Middle High German: hasel
  - German: Hasel

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 *hasl”

[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 *hasl”

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