Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ili

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 *ili.

Noun

*ili n

1. sole of the foot
2. weal, callus

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ili
Genitive	*iliþi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ili	*iliþi
Accusative	*ili	*iliþi
Genitive	*iliþi	*iliþō
Dative	*iliþi	*iliþum
Instrumental	*iliþi	*iliþum

Descendants

• Old English: ill n, ile m
• Old Frisian: ili, ile, il
  • North Frisian: il, eel
  • Saterland Frisian: Íelt
  • West Frisian: yl, ylt
• Old Saxon: *ili, *ilthi
  • Middle Low German: īle, ēle, ēlde, ēlt n
    • Low German: Elt, Eelt
• Old Dutch: *ili, *ilithi, *ilthi
  • Middle Dutch: *ele, *elede, *elde, *elet, *ēlt (alternatively, borrowed from Middle Low German)
    • Dutch: eelt
      • Afrikaans: eelt