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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/petarsilljā

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 *petarsili + *-jā, from Vulgar Latin *petrosilium, from Latin petroselīnum (rock parsley).

Noun

*petarsilljā f

  1. parsley, celery
    Synonym: *api

Inflection

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *petarsilljā
Genitive *petarsilljōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *petarsilljā *petarsilljōn
Accusative *petarsilljōn *petarsilljōn
Genitive *petarsilljōn *petarsilljōnō
Dative *petarsilljōn *petarsilljōm, *petarsilljum
Instrumental *petarsilljōn *petarsilljōm, *petarsilljum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *petrasilljā, *petarsīlijā, *petrasīlijā

Reconstruction notes

All descendants were to some degree stabilized in form by continual regressive influence from Medieval Latin petroselīnum.

  • *petarsili
    • Old High German: petersili, petersil
      • Middle High German: pētersil
  • *petarsilīn
    • Old High German: peterlīn, petarlīn
      • Middle High German: pēterlīn

Descendants

  • Old English: petersiliġe, petersilie
    • Middle English: watersilie, wætersylie (mistaking p for ƿ (=w))
  • Old Frisian: *petersilie
    • West Frisian: peterseelje, piterseelje, pattersylje
  • Old Saxon: *petarsella, *petarsilia
  • Old Dutch: *petarsella, *petarsilia
  • Old High German: federskella, federscella, *pfedrasilia, *petarsilia (influenced by Old High German petersil m)
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