Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pīlārī

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre (whence Old French piler, pilier), from Latin pīla (“pillar”).

Noun

*pīlārī m

1. pillar

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pīlārī
Genitive	*pīlārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pīlārī	*pīlārijō, *pīlārijōs
Accusative	*pīlārī	*pīlārijā
Genitive	*pīlārijas	*pīlārijō
Dative	*pīlārijē	*pīlārijum
Instrumental	*pīlāriju	*pīlārijum

Related terms

• *pīlōn
  • Old English: pīlian
    • Middle English: pelen

Descendants

• Old Frisian: pīler
  • West Frisian: pylder
• Old Saxon: pīliri
  • Middle Low German: pīlere, pīler, piiler, pyler, pīleree, pīlre, pilar, pīlāre
    • → Old Norse: pilarr
• Old Dutch: *pīlari
  • Middle Dutch: pijler, pijlre
    • Dutch: pijler
• Old High German: pfīlāri
  • Middle High German: pfīlære, pfīler
    • German: Pfeiler