Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dili

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 Proto-Germanic *dilī.

Noun

*dili m

dill, anise

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dili
Genitive	*dilljā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dili	*dilljō
Accusative	*dilljā	*dilljā
Genitive	*dilljā	*dilljō
Dative	*dilljē	dilljōm, dilljum
Instrumental	*dillju	dilljōm, dilljum

Alternative reconstructions

*dellī^[1]

Descendants

Old English: dile, dyle
- Middle English: dile, dyle, dille, dylle
  - English: dill
Old Frisian: *dille
- West Frisian: dille
Old Saxon: dilli
- Middle Low German: del, dell, dille
  - German Low German:
    North Low German: Dille
    
    Märkisch: Dull
    
    Westphalian: Dill
  - Plautdietsch: Dell
Old Dutch: *dilli
- Middle Dutch: dille, dile
  - Dutch: dille
    - Afrikaans: dil
    - → Indonesian: dil
    - Negerhollands: dil
Old High German: tilli, tilla
- Middle High German: tille, tülle, tüll m
  - German: Dill m, Dille f (Austrian German), Till m (obsolete)
    - → Kashubian: dil
    - → Latvian: dilles
    - → Romansch: dil
    - → Lower Sorbian: dyla
  - Luxembourgish: Dëll

References

^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Dill”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 144: “wg. *delja-”

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Dill”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 144: “wg. *delja-”

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