Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frijōdil

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 *frijōd (“loved”) +‎ *-il.

Noun

*frijōdil m

1. loved one, spouse

   Synonym: *friþil

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*frijōdil
Genitive	*frijōdilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*frijōdil	*frijōdilō, *frijōdilōs
Accusative	*frijōdil	*frijōdilā
Genitive	*frijōdilas	*frijōdilō
Dative	*frijōdilē	*frijōdilum
Instrumental	*frijōdilu	*frijōdilum

Alternative reconstructions

• *frīodil, *frīudil, (under influence of *friþil) *frīuþil

Descendants

• Old Frisian: friūdel, friūdelf, frūdelf
• Old Saxon: friuthil, *friudil
  • Middle Low German: vrîdel, vrēdel, vridel
• Old Dutch: *friuthil, *frūthil
  • Middle Dutch: vriedel
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: frūthilo
• Old High German: friudil
  • Middle High German: vriedel (merged with descendant of fridil)
    • Middle High German: Friedel