Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mistil

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 *mistilaz.

Noun

*mistil m

1. mistletoe

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mistil
Genitive	*mistilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mistil	*mistilō, *mistilōs
Accusative	*mistil	*mistilā
Genitive	*mistilas	*mistilō
Dative	*mistilē	*mistilum
Instrumental	*mistilu	*mistilum

Descendants

• Old English: mistel
  • Middle English: mistel, mistell, mystil, mystill, mystyl
    • English: mistle
    • Scots: misle
• Old Frisian: *mistel
  • West Frisian: mistel
• Old Saxon: mistil
  • Middle Low German: mistel
    • German Low German: Mistel
    • ⇒ Plautdietsch: Mistelplaunt
• Old Dutch: *mistil
  • Middle Dutch: mistel
    • Dutch: mistel
• Old High German: mistil
  • Middle High German: mistel
    • German: Mistel