Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gurdilaz

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 *gurdijaną +‎ *-ilaz.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣur.di.lɑz/

Noun

*gurdilaz m

  1. girdle

Inflection

Declension of *gurdilaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gurdilaz *gurdilōz, *gurdilōs
vocative *gurdil *gurdilōz, *gurdilōs
accusative *gurdilą *gurdilanz
genitive *gurdilas, *gurdilis *gurdilǫ̂
dative *gurdilai *gurdilamaz
instrumental *gurdilō *gurdilamiz

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *gurdil
    • Old English: gyrdel
      • Middle English: gurdel, gerdel, girdel
        • English: girdle
        • Scots: gyrdill, girdill
    • Old Frisian: gerdel
    • Old Saxon: gurdil
    • Old Dutch: *gurdel
    • Old High German: gurtil, gurtila
  • Old Norse: gyrðill
    • Icelandic: gyrðill
    • Faroese: gyrðil
    • >? Swedish: gördel (possibly a loan from Low German)
    • Danish: gjordel, gyrdel, gjortel, gyrtel, gørtel (forms influenced by Low German and Standard German)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒurđilaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 147
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