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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mistilaz
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
- *mistilǭ f
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *me (“with, mid”) and a zero-grade of *sed- (“to sit”) due to the fact that the plant parasitizes “sitting” on other plants, with the diminutive suffix + *-ilaz or + *-ilǭ known from Proto-Germanic *þistilaz (“thistle”) and Proto-West Germanic *natilā (“nettle”), compare for this derivation type Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”) and Proto-Indo-European *písdeh₂ (“pudendum”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.sti.lɑz/
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *mistilaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *mistilaz | *mistilōz, *mistilōs | |
| vocative | *mistil | *mistilōz, *mistilōs | |
| accusative | *mistilą | *mistilanz | |
| genitive | *mistilas, *mistilis | *mistilǫ̂ | |
| dative | *mistilai | *mistilamaz | |
| instrumental | *mistilō | *mistilamiz | |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *mistil
- Old English: mistel
- Old Frisian: *mistel
- West Frisian: mistel
- Old Saxon: mistil
- Middle Low German: mistel
- German Low German: Mistel
- ⇒ Plautdietsch: Mistelplaunt
- Middle Low German: mistel
- Old Dutch: *mistil
- Old High German: mistil
- Old Norse: *mistil; mistilteinn
- Danish: mistelten
- Icelandic: mistilteinn
- Faroese: mistilteinur
- Norwegian Bokmål: misteltein
- Norwegian Nynorsk: misteltein
- Swedish: mistel
- →? Old English: misteltān (calque)
References
- Balles, Irene (1999) “Zum germanischen Namen der Mistel”, in Historische Sprachforschung (in German), volumes 112, 1. H., , pages 137–142
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