Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wrōtil

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 *wrōtan (“to root, dig with the nose”) +‎ *-il (“agent noun suffix”).[1]

Noun

*wrōtil m

  1. that which is used to root around, rooter, snout

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *wrōtil
Genitive *wrōtilas
Singular Plural
Nominative *wrōtil *wrōtilō, *wrōtilōs
Accusative *wrōtil *wrōtilā
Genitive *wrōtilas *wrōtilō
Dative *wrōtilē *wrōtilum
Instrumental *wrōtilu *wrōtilum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *wrōtul

Descendants

  • Old English: *wrōtel, wrōt
  • Old Saxon: *wrōtil, *wrōt
    • Middle Low German: wrôte (attested only in the sense of "mole")
      • German Low German: Fröte, Frööt (from earlier wrote, wröte)
  • Dutch: reutel (“snout, elephant trunk”)
  • Old High German: *wruozil, *ruozil
    • Middle High German: rüezel, rüzzel

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Rüssel”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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