Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tilą

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 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

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, part”), with a preform along the lines of *dh₂i-lo-s, though the exact phonetic details are unclear. Related to *tīdiz, *tīmô.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*tilą n[1]

  1. a planned point in time

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *tilą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *tilą *tilō
vocative *tilą *tilō
accusative *tilą *tilō
genitive *tilas, *tilis *tilǫ̂
dative *tilai *tilamaz
instrumental *tilō *tilamiz

Derived terms

  • *til (“to, toward, till”)
    • Proto-West Germanic: *til?
      • Old English: til (unless borrowed from Old Norse) (see there for further descendants)
      • Old Frisian: til
    • Old Norse: til (see there for further descendants)
  • *tilaz (“fitting, suitable”)
  • *tilōną (“to strive, reach”)

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tila-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517
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