Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kisil

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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Noun

*kisil m [1]

pebble, gravel

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kisil	kisilō, kisilōs
Accusative	*kisil	*kisilā
Genitive	*kisilas	*kisilō
Dative	*kisilē	*kisilum
Instrumental	*kisilu	*kisilum

Descendants

Old English: ċisil, ċisel, ċysel, ċeosel, ċeosol
- Middle English: chesil, chesel, chisel
  - Scots: keezel
  - English: chisel, chesil, chissel, chessil
Old Saxon: *kisil; *kiser
- Middle Low German: kēserlinc, kesserling, kēselinc, kīserlinc; kēserlincstên
Old Dutch: *kisil
- Middle Dutch: kesel, keisel, kijsel
  - Dutch: kiezel
Old High German: chisil, kisil
- Middle High German: kisel
  - German: Kiesel
  - Luxembourgish: Kisel
  - → Middle Dutch: kiezel
    - Dutch: kiezel
  - → Swedish: kisel

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 204: “PWGmc *kisil”

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[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 204: “PWGmc *kisil”