Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaisilaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From a formation related to *gaizaz (“spear, tip”) + *-ilaz (“diminutive suffix”).[1] The sense development in the West Germanic branch parallels English rod (“staff (of office), rod of punishment, a substitute such as a cane or withe”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑi̯.si.lɑz/

Noun

*gaisilaz m

  1. stick, beam
  2. ray (of light, etc.)

Inflection

Declension of *gaisilaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gaisilaz *gaisilōz, *gaisilōs
vocative *gaisil *gaisilōz, *gaisilōs
accusative *gaisilą *gaisilanz
genitive *gaisilas, *gaisilis *gaisilǫ̂
dative *gaisilai *gaisilamaz
instrumental *gaisilō *gaisilamiz

Descendants

  • Old Dutch: *gēsl(a)
  • Old High German: geisila (“whip, rod”)
    • Middle High German: geisel, geisel(e)
  • Old Norse: geisl (“ski stick”)
  • Old Norse: geisli (“stick, beam, ray”)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *kaisila (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gaiza-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164: “*gaisla(n)-”
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