Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grindil

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

According to an almost universally accepted etymology, from *grindi (“fence”) +‎ *-il (diminutive), from Proto-Germanic *grindiz (“fence”). A dissenting opinion by Trubachev argues for an early borrowing from Proto-Slavic.^[1]

Noun

*grindil m

bolt, bar

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*grindil
Genitive	*grindilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*grindil	grindilō, grindilōs
Accusative	*grindil	*grindilā
Genitive	*grindilas	*grindilō
Dative	*grindilē	*grindilum
Instrumental	*grindilu	*grindilum

Derived terms

*grindilōn

Descendants

Old English: grindel
Old Saxon: grindil, grendil
- Middle Low German: grindel, grendel
  - German Low German: Grendel, Grinnel, Grennel
Old Dutch: grindel
- Middle Dutch: grindel, grendel
  - Dutch: grendel
    - Afrikaans: grendel
    - → Caribbean Javanese: grèndhèl
    - → Indonesian: gerendel
    - → Javanese: ꦒꦿꦺꦤ꧀ꦝꦺꦭ꧀ (grèndhèl), grendel
    - → Papiamentu: rèndu, grendel, grender
Old High German: grintil, crintil, grindil, krindil
- Middle High German: grintel, grindel, grendel
  - German: Grindel

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gręda/*grędъ/*grędь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 120

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gręda/*grędъ/*grędь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 120

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