Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ilā

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 *-ilǭ.

Suffix

*-ilā f

1. Suffix appended to animal and plant names.

   Synonym: *-jā

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*-ilā
Genitive	*-ilōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-ilā	*-ilōn
Accusative	*-ilōn	*-ilōn
Genitive	*-ilōn	*-ilōnō
Dative	*-ilōn	*-ilōm, *-ilum
Instrumental	*-ilōn	*-ilōm, *-ilum

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-ilā