Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/natilā
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom unattested *natā, from Proto-Germanic *natǭ (“nettle”), + *-ilā (plant and animal suffix).[1][2][3]
Noun
edit*natilā f
Inflection
editōn-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *natilā | |
Genitive | *natilōn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *natilā | *natilōn |
Accusative | *natilōn | *natilōn |
Genitive | *natilōn | *natilōnō |
Dative | *natilōn | *natilōm, *natilum |
Instrumental | *natilōn | *natilōm, *natilum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: netele, netle
- Old Frisian: *netele
- Old Saxon: netila
- Old Dutch: *netila
- Old High German: nezzila
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*natōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270: “PWGmc *natilā”
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Nessel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 502: “wg. *natilōn”