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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/natilā

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 unattested *natā, from Proto-Germanic *natǭ (“nettle”), +‎ *-ilā (plant and animal suffix).[1][2][3]

Noun

*natilā f

  1. nettle

Inflection
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *natilā
Genitive *natilōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *natilā *natilōn
Accusative *natilōn *natilōn
Genitive *natilōn *natilōnō
Dative *natilōn *natilōm, *natilum
Instrumental *natilōn *natilōm, *natilum

Descendants
  • Old English: netele, netle
  • Old Frisian: *netele
    • Saterland Frisian: Neetele, Neetel
    • West Frisian: nettel
  • Old Saxon: netila
    • Middle Low German: nêtele, nettele, nettel
      • German Low German:
        Westphalian:
        Westmünsterländisch: Nettel, Nöttel
        East Westphalian: Niedel (Ravensberg), Nettel (Lippe)
        South Westphalian: Niëdel (Dortmund)
        Sauerländisch: Nietel, Nettel (Wenden)
      • Dutch Low Saxon:
        Twents: nettel
      • → Danish: nelde, nælde
      • → Norwegian: nesle, netla, nesla, natla
      • → Old Swedish: nætla
      • → Scanian: nælla
  • Old Dutch: *netila
  • Old High German: nezzila
    • Middle High German: nezzel

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*natōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384
  2. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270: “PWGmc *natilā”
  3. Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Nessel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 502: “wg. *natilōn”
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