Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þiljǭ

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tel- (“flat; board, plank”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθil.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*þiljǭ f

1. board; plank
2. floorboard; flooring; deck

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *þiljǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þiljǭ	*þiljōniz
vocative	*þiljǭ	*þiljōniz
accusative	*þiljōnų	*þiljōnunz
genitive	*þiljōniz	*þiljōnǫ̂
dative	*þiljōni	*þiljōmaz
instrumental	*þiljōnē	*þiljōmiz

Derived terms

• *þiljōną

Related terms

• *þelą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þilljā
  • Old English: þille
    • Middle English: thylle, thille, thill, þyl, thil
      • English: thill
      • Scots: thill
  • Old Frisian: thille, tile
    • North Frisian: tel
    • Saterland Frisian: Toal
    • West Frisian: telle
  • Old Saxon: thili
    • Middle Low German: dēle
      • German Low German: Deel
      • → Middle English: dele, dyle
        • English: deal
        • Scots: deal
  • Old Dutch: *thili
    • Middle Dutch: dele, deel
      • Dutch: deel
        • Afrikaans: deel
        • Negerhollands: deel
        • → West Frisian: dealje
      • Limburgish: deil
  • Old High German: dilla
    • Middle High German: dille, tille
      • Cimbrian: dilla
      • German: Diele
      • Luxembourgish: Dill
• Old Norse: þilja
  • Icelandic: þilja
  • Faroese: tilja
  • Norwegian: tilje
  • Swedish: tilja
  • Danish: tilje
• → Proto-Finnic: *tëljo (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Samic: *tiljā (see there for further descendants)