Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/natilā

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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 unattested *natā, from Proto-Germanic *natǭ (nettle), +‎ *-ilā (plant and animal suffix).[1][2][3]

Noun

*natilā f

  1. nettle

Inflection

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *natilā
Genitive *natilōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *natilā *natilōn
Accusative *natilōn *natilōn
Genitive *natilōn *natilōnō
Dative *natilōn *natilōm, *natilum
Instrumental *natilōn *natilōm, *natilum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*natōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270:PWGmc *natilā
  3. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Nessel”, 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 502:wg. *natilōn