Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tilą

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 the Proto-Indo-European root *dī- < *deh₂-i-. Related to *tīdiz, *tīmô. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.lɑ̃/

Noun

*tilą n

1. A planned point in time.

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *tilą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tilą	*tilō
vocative	*tilą	*tilō
accusative	*tilą	*tilō
genitive	*tilas, *tilis	*tilǫ̂
dative	*tilai	*tilamaz
instrumental	*tilō	*tilamiz

Derived terms

• *til (“to, toward, till”)
  • Proto-West Germanic: *til?
    • Old English: til (unless borrowed from Old Norse) (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: til (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• Old Frisian: til
• Old Saxon:
  • Middle Low German: til
• Old Dutch:
  • Middle Dutch: til
• Old High German: zil
  • Middle High German: zil
    • German: Ziel
      • → Hungarian: cél
      • → Serbo-Croatian: cilj
      • → Slovak: cieľ
      • → Slovene: cilj
• Gothic: 𐍄𐌹𐌻 (til) (ambiguous)
• → Proto-Finnic: *tila
  • Estonian: tila
  • Finnish: tila