Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-islī
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *-slą + *-ī.
Suffix
edit*-islī n
- Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something which performs or has undergone an action, or something which results from the action; -age, -ion
Inflection
editNeuter ja-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *-islī | |
Genitive | *-islijas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *-islī | *-isliju |
Accusative | *-islī | *-isliju |
Genitive | *-islijas | *-islijō |
Dative | *-islijē | *-islijum |
Instrumental | *-isliju | *-islijum |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: -els m, -else, -elle f
- Old Saxon: -isli, -islo
- Old Dutch: -isli
- Old High German: -isli
- Middle High German:
- German: -sel
- Middle High German:
Further reading
edit- Goossens, Jan (1983) Niederdeutsch. Sprache und Literatur, volume Band 1: Sprache, Neumünster: Karl Wachholtz Verlag, →ISBN