Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kesulastain

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 *kesul, *kisil (“pebble”) +‎ *stain (“stone”).

Noun

*kesulastain m

1. pebble

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kesulastain
Genitive	*kesulastainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kesulastain	*kesulastainō, *kesulastainōs
Accusative	*kesulastain	*kesulastainā
Genitive	*kesulastainas	*kesulastainō
Dative	*kesulastainē	*kesulastainum
Instrumental	*kesulastainu	*kesulastainum

Alternative reconstructions

• *kisilastain

Descendants

• Old English: ċeosolstān, ċiosolstān, ċeoselstan, ċisilstān, ċyselstān
  • Middle English: chesel-ston, schesellstone, chesell-ston
    • English: chiselstone
• Old Saxon: *kesalstēn
  • Middle Low German: kēserlincstên, kēserlincstein
• Old Dutch: *kesalstēn
  • Middle Dutch: kezelsteen
    • Dutch: keizelsteen
• Old High German: *kisilstein
  • Middle High German: kiselstein
    • German: Kieselstein