Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þinhslō

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

Alternative forms

*þinhsilō

Etymology

Uncertain. Seemingly from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰs(e)leh₂, derived from the root *tengʰ- (“to pull, stretch, tensen”);^[1] Kroonen however is skeptical. In any case, compare Latin tēmō (“pole, yoke-beam”) and Old Prussian teansis (“drawbar”).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθĩːx.slɔː/

Noun

*þinhslō f^[2]

a drawbar, cartpole, or thill^[3]

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *þinhslō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þinhslō	*þinhslôz
vocative	*þinhslō	*þinhslôz
accusative	*þinhslǭ	*þinhslōz
genitive	*þinhslōz	*þinhslǫ̂
dative	*þinhslōi	*þinhslōmaz
instrumental	*þinhslō	*þinhslōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *þį̄hslu
- Old English: þīxl, þīsl
- Old Frisian: *thīxl, *thixl
  - West Frisian: tiksel
- Old Saxon: thīsla, thīhsla, thīhsala, thessalia, thesla
  - Middle Low German: dîhsele, dîsle, dîsel, dîstel, dîssel
    - German Low German: Dießel
    - → Saterland Frisian: Diesel
- Old Dutch: *thīhsala
  - Middle Dutch: diesele, dissel
    - Dutch: dissel
    - West Flemish: dijsel
- Old High German: dīhsala, dīhsila
  - Middle High German: dīhsele, dīhsel, dīsle
    - German: Deichsel
Old Norse: þísl
- Icelandic: þísl
- Old Swedish: þistl
  - Swedish: tistel

References

^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 508
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þinhslō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 542: “f. ʻdrawbar, cart-poleʼ”
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 508

[EDPG-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þinhslō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 542: “f. ʻdrawbar, cart-poleʼ”

[3] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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