Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dili

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 *dilī.

Noun

*dili m

1. dill, anise

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dili
Genitive	*dilljā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dili	*dilljō
Accusative	*dilljā	*dilljā
Genitive	*dilljā	*dilljō
Dative	*dilljē	*dilljōm, *dilljum
Instrumental	*dillju	*dilljōm, *dilljum

Alternative reconstructions

• *dellī

Descendants

• Old English: dile, dyle
  • Middle English: dile, dyle, dille, dylle
    • English: dill
• Old Frisian: *dille
  • West Frisian: dille
• Old Saxon: dilli
  • Middle Low German: del, dell, dille
    • German Low German:

      North Low German: Dille

      Märkisch: Dull

      Westphalian: Dill

    • Plautdietsch: Dell
• Old Dutch: *dilli
  • Middle Dutch: dille, dile
    • Dutch: dille
      • Afrikaans: dil
      • → Indonesian: dil
      • Negerhollands: dil
• Old High German: tilli, tilla
  • Middle High German: tille, tülle, tüll m
    • German: Dill m, Dille f (Austrian German), Till m (obsolete)
      • → Kashubian: dil
      • → Latvian: dilles
      • → Romansch: dil
      • → Lower Sorbian: dyla
    • Luxembourgish: Dëll