Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wisulā

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 Proto-Germanic *wisulǭ.

Noun

*wisulā f

weasel

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wisulā
Genitive	*wisulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wisulā	*wisulōn
Accusative	*wisulōn	*wisulōn
Genitive	*wisulōn	*wisulōnō
Dative	*wisulōn	wisulōm, wisulum
Instrumental	*wisulōn	wisulōm, wisulum

Descendants

Old English: weosule, wesle, uuesulae, uuesole — early
- Middle English: wesele, wassele, wesel, wesil, wesile, wezele, wasyll, wesyl, weysyl, weesylle, whesille (Late Middle English)
  - English: weasel
  - Middle Scots: quhasill, wasyll, wasyll
    - Scots: whaisle, whaisel, whaizle, wheesel, weasel (associated with whaisle "to wheeze")
Old Frisian: *wisele
- Saterland Frisian: Wiezelke (possibly borrowed from German)
- West Frisian: wezeling (possibly borrowed from Low German)
Old Saxon: *wisula
- Middle Low German: wēsel, wesele
  - Low German: Wessel, Wissel
  - Plautdietsch: Wäsel
Old Dutch: *wisala
- Middle Dutch: wēsel
  - Dutch: wezel
    - Afrikaans: wesel
  - Limburgish: wezel, wieëzel
Old High German: wisula, wisala
- Middle High German: wisele
  - German: Wiesel
  - Luxembourgish: Wisel