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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.
Noun
*gīsl m[1]
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Inflection
| Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*gīsl
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| Genitive
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*gīslas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*gīsl
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*gīslō, *gīslōs
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| Accusative
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*gīsl
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*gīslā
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| Genitive
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*gīslas
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*gīslō
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| Dative
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*gīslē
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*gīslum
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| Instrumental
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*gīslu
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*gīslum
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 329: “PWGmc *gīsl”
