Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tilōną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *tilą (“goal”) +‎ *-ōną. Also compare *tilaz (“fitting”).^[1]^[2]

Verb

*tilōną

to strive; reach; mint; aim; hurry

Inflection

Conjugation of *tilōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*tilō	*tilǭ	—	*tilōi	?
2nd singular	*tilōsi	*tilōs	*tilō	*tilōsai	*tilōsau
3rd singular	*tilōþi	*tilō	*tilōþau	*tilōþai	*tilōþau
1st dual	*tilōs	*tilōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*tilōþiz	*tilōþiz	*tilōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*tilōmaz	*tilōm	—	*tilōnþai	*tilōnþau
2nd plural	*tilōþ	*tilōþ	*tilōþ	*tilōnþai	*tilōnþau
3rd plural	*tilōnþi	*tilōn	*tilōnþau	*tilōnþai	*tilōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tilōdǭ	*tilōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*tilōdēz	*tilōdēdīz
3rd singular	*tilōdē	*tilōdēdī
1st dual	*tilōdēdū	*tilōdēdīw
2nd dual	*tilōdēdudiz	*tilōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*tilōdēdum	*tilōdēdīm
2nd plural	*tilōdēdud	*tilōdēdīd
3rd plural	*tilōdēdun	*tilōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*tilōndz	*tilōdaz

Derived terms

*tilōniz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *tilōn
- Old English: tilian, teolian
  - Middle English: tilyen, teolien, tolien, tulien, telien, tilien, tilen, tillen
    - Scots: tele, teel, teil; tulȝe, tulyie, toil (through confluence with Old French verb)
    - English: till; toil (through confluence with Old French verb)
- Old Frisian: tilia; teula
  - Saterland Frisian: tilja, tila
  - West Frisian: tylje
- Old Saxon: tilōn
  - Middle Low German: telen, teilen, tellen
    - German Low German: telen
- Old Dutch: tilon
  - Middle Dutch: tēlen
    - Dutch: telen
- Old High German: zilōn
  - Middle High German: zilen, ziln
    - German: zielen
      - → Luxembourgish: zilen
    - Luxembourgish: zillen
Gothic: *𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍉𐌽 (*tilōn)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍉𐌽 (andtilōn)
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍉𐌽 (gatilōn)
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍉𐌽 (gagatilōn)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “tila”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517
^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “telen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “tila”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517

[2] van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “telen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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