Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/turdawibilaz

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 *turdą (“manure”) +‎ *wibilaz (“beetle”).^[1]

Noun

*turdawibilaz m

dung-beetle

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *turdawibilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*turdawibilaz	turdawibilōz, turdawibilōs
vocative	*turdawibil	turdawibilōz, turdawibilōs
accusative	*turdawibilą	*turdawibilanz
genitive	turdawibilas, turdawibilis	*turdawibilǫ̂
dative	*turdawibilai	*turdawibilamaz
instrumental	*turdawibilō	*turdawibilamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *tordawibil
- Old English: tordwifel
  - Middle English: *tordwevel
    - English: turd weevil
- Old Dutch: *tordewivil, *tortwivil
  - Middle Dutch: *tordewevel, *tortwevel
    - Dutch: tortwevel
Old Norse: torðvifill, torðyfill
- Icelandic: tordýfill
- Norwegian: tordivel, tordyvel
- Old Swedish: torddöffla
  - Swedish: tordyvel
- Old Danish: thorthifil

References

^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “tordyvel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 991

[1] Hellquist, Elof (1922) “tordyvel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 991

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