Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/telguz

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

Alternative forms

*talguz
*telgô
*telgǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *delgʰ- (“to split; carve; hew”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtel.ɣuz/

Noun

*telguz m or f

branch; twig
Synonyms: *astaz, *limuz, *tōgô, *twīgą

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *telguz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*telguz	*tilgiwiz
vocative	*telgu	*tilgiwiz
accusative	*telgų	*telgunz
genitive	*telgauz	*tilgiwǫ̂
dative	*tilgiwi	*telgumaz
instrumental	*telgū	*telgumiz

Related terms

*talgijaną
*tulgaz
*tulguz

Derived terms

*telgōną
*tilgijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *telguʀ
- Old English: telgor; telgra; telga; telġe
  - Middle English: *telȝer, *tilȝer; *telȝe, *tilȝe, *telwe, *tilwe
    - English: tiller; tillow
- Old Frisian: *telch; *telge
  - Saterland Frisian: Teelge, Tälge
  - West Frisian: telch
- Old Saxon: *telgo
  - Middle Low German: telge, telch
    - German Low German: Telg
- Old Dutch: telg (in placenames)
  - Middle Dutch: telch
    - Dutch: telg
      - Afrikaans: telg
- Old High German: zelga
  - Middle High German: zëlge, zëlch
    - German: Zelge
Old Norse: tjalga; tollurr; tjalgr
- Icelandic: tjálgur

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