Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nastilu

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 *nastijan (“to to bind, tie, sew”) +‎ *-ilu.

Noun

*nastilu f

1. headband, plait

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nastilu
Genitive	*nastilā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nastilu	*nastilō
Accusative	*nastilā	*nastilā
Genitive	*nastilā	*nastilō
Dative	*nastilē	*nastilōm, *nastilum
Instrumental	*nastilu	*nastilōm, *nastilum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: nestle, nesle f, nestla m
• Old Saxon: nestila f
  • Middle Low German: nestel
• Old Dutch: *nastila, *nestila
  • Middle Dutch: nastel, nestele, nestel
    • Dutch: nestel
• Old High German: nestila f, nestilo m
  • Middle High German: nestel f
    • German: Nestel f
  • → Italian: nastro
  • → Romanian: nasture
• → Old French: nasle, lasne
  • ⇒ Old French: nasliere, lasniere
    • Middle French: laniere
      • French: lanière
    • → Middle English: lanyer
      • English: lanyard