Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/petarsilljā

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 *petarsili +‎ *-jā, from Vulgar Latin *petrosilium, from Latin petroselīnum (“rock parsley”).

Noun

*petarsilljā f

parsley, celery
Synonym: *api

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*petarsilljā
Genitive	*petarsilljōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*petarsilljā	*petarsilljōn
Accusative	*petarsilljōn	*petarsilljōn
Genitive	*petarsilljōn	*petarsilljōnō
Dative	*petarsilljōn	petarsilljōm, petarsilljum
Instrumental	*petarsilljōn	petarsilljōm, petarsilljum

Alternative reconstructions

*petrasilljā, *petarsīlijā, *petrasīlijā

Reconstruction notes

All descendants were to some degree stabilized in form by continual regressive influence from Medieval Latin petroselīnum.

Related terms

*petarsili
- Old High German: petersili, petersil
  - Middle High German: pētersil
    - German: Petersil
*petarsilīn
- Old High German: peterlīn, petarlīn
  - Middle High German: pēterlīn

Descendants

Old English: petersiliġe, petersilie, petersyliġe
- Middle English: watersilie, wætersylie (mistaking p for ƿ (=w))
Old Frisian: *petersilie
- West Frisian: peterseelje, piterseelje, pattersylje
Old Saxon: *petarsella, *petarsilia
- Middle Low German: persele, pētersilie, peetersilie, pētersillye, pēterselie, pētersilge, pētersillige
  - German Low German: Petersilie, Petersielje, Petersillje
  - → Danish: persille
  - → Norwegian: persille
  - → Old Swedish: petersilia, pädersilia
    - Swedish: persilja
    - → Finnish: persilja
Old Dutch: *petarsella, *petarsilia
- Middle Dutch: petercelle, peterselie, petersilie
  - Dutch: peterselie
  - Limburgish: pitterseelje
Old High German: federskella, federscella, *pfedrasilia, *petarsilia (influenced by Old High German petersil m)
- Middle High German: pētersilje, pētersilie, pfitersele, federscella
  - German: Petersilie
  - → Czech: petržel
    - → Polish: pietruszka
      - → Belarusian: пятру́шка (pjatrúška)
      - → Russian: петру́шка (petrúška)
        → Ingrian: petruška
      - → Ukrainian: петру́шка (petrúška)
      - → Yiddish: פּיעטרושקע (pyetrushke), פּעטרושקע (petrushke), פּעטרעשקע (petreshke), פּעטרישקע (petrishke)