Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pēsal

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin piselis m, pisale n (“room with a fire-place, calefactory”), presumed from Latin pēnsilis m or f, pēnsile n (“hanging, suspended”).^[1]

Noun

*pēsal m

heated room

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pēsal
Genitive	*pēsalas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pēsal	pēsalō, pēsalōs
Accusative	*pēsal	*pēsalā
Genitive	*pēsalas	*pēsalō
Dative	*pēsalē	*pēsalum
Instrumental	*pēsalu	*pēsalum

Alternative reconstructions

*pīsilā

Descendants

Old English: pīsle f
Old Frisian: pīsel, pīsle
Old Saxon: pēsal (“heated room; oven”)
- Middle Low German: pīsel, pisel, pēsel
  - German Low German: Piasal
  - → Danish: pisel, spisel
  - → German: Pesel
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: peis
  - → Swedish: spis, spisel
Old Dutch: *pīsal
- Middle Dutch: pīsel
  - Middle Dutch: pijzel
Old High German: pfiesal, pisile
- Middle High German: pfiesel
  - East Central German: Pfiesl, Pfiesel

References

^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “pijzel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎ (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[1] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “pijzel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎ (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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