Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stahlī

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 *stahliją, a collective formed from *stahlą (Proto-West Germanic *stahl).

Noun

*stahlī n^[1]

(North Sea Germanic) alternative form of *stahl

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stahhlī
Genitive	*stahhlijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stahhlī	*stahhliju
Accusative	*stahhlī	*stahhliju
Genitive	*stahhlijas	*stahhlijō
Dative	*stahhlijē	*stahhlijum
Instrumental	*stahhliju	*stahhlijum

Derived terms

*stahlīn

Descendants

Old English: stīele, stȳle, stīle, stēle
- Middle English: stele, stel, stelle, steole, steyle, stiele, style
  - English: steel
    - → Maori: tīra
  - Scots: stele, steill
  - Yola: stheel
Old Frisian: *stēle (attested in stēlen (“steelen”))
- Saterland Frisian: Stäil
- West Frisian: stiel
Old Saxon: stehli

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 334: “northern WGmc *stahlī”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 334: “northern WGmc *stahlī”

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