Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þiljǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Nominal formation related to *þelą (“floor; deal (of plank)”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθil.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*þiljǭ f

board; plank
floorboard; flooring; deck

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *þiljǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þiljǭ	*þiljōniz
vocative	*þiljǭ	*þiljōniz
accusative	*þiljōnų	*þiljōnunz
genitive	*þiljōniz	*þiljōnǫ̂
dative	*þiljōni	*þiljōmaz
instrumental	*þiljōnē	*þiljōmiz

Derived terms

*þiljōną

Related terms

*þelą

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *þilljā
- Old English: þille
  - Middle English: thylle, thille, thill, þyl, thil
    - English: thill
    - Scots: thill
- Old Frisian: thille, tile
  - North Frisian: tel
  - Saterland Frisian: Toal
  - West Frisian: telle
- Old Saxon: thili
  - Middle Low German: dēle
    - German Low German: Deel
    - → Middle English: dele, dyle
      - English: deal
      - Scots: deal
- Old Dutch: *thili
  - Middle Dutch: dele, deel
    - Dutch: deel
      - Afrikaans: deel
      - Negerhollands: deel
      - → West Frisian: dealje
    - Limburgish: deil
- Old High German: dilla
  - Middle High German: dille, tille
    - Cimbrian: dilla
    - German: Diele
    - Luxembourgish: Dill
Old Norse: þilja
- Icelandic: þilja
- Faroese: tilja
- Norwegian: tilje
- Swedish: tilja
- Danish: tilje
→ Proto-Finnic: *tëljo (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Samic: *tiljā (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þeljōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 420

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þeljōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 420

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