Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/asil

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

Borrowed from Latin asellus. Parallel borrowing with Gothic 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 (asilus).

Noun

*asil m

1. donkey

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*asil
Genitive	*asilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*asil	*asilō, *asilōs
Accusative	*asil	*asilā
Genitive	*asilas	*asilō
Dative	*asilē	*asilum
Instrumental	*asilu	*asilum

Descendants

• Old English: esol, eosol — Anglian
  • Middle English: asald
• Old Frisian: *esel
  • North Frisian: eesel
  • Saterland Frisian: Íezel
  • West Frisian: ezel
• Old Saxon: esil
  • Middle Low German: esel
    • Low German: Esel
    • Plautdietsch: Äsel
    • → Danish: æsel
    • → Estonian: eesel (or from German)
    • → Norwegian: esel
    • → Polabian: asål
• Old Dutch: esil
  • Middle Dutch: ēsel
    • Dutch: ezel
      • Afrikaans: esel
        • → Sotho: esele
        • → Xhosa: i-esile
      • → English: easel
      • Negerhollands: esel
    • Limburgish: aezel
• Old High German: esil
  • Middle High German: esel
    • Alemannic German: Esel
    • Cimbrian: éezel
    • Central Franconian: Essel
    • German: Esel
      • → Estonian: eesel (or from Middle Low German)
      • → Lower Sorbian: ezel
      • → Tok Pisin: esel
    • Luxembourgish: Iesel
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Esel

    • Yiddish: אייזל (eyzl)