Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/failijaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pey- (“to adore”). Cognate with Latin pīus (“good, dutiful, faithful, devout, pious”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑi̯.li.jɑz/

Adjective

*failijaz

true, friendly, familiar, good

Inflection

Declension of *failijaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*failijaz	*failijai	*failijō	*failijôz	*failiją, -atō	*failijō
Accusative	*failijanǭ	*failijanz	*failijǭ	*failijōz	*failiją, -atō	*failijō
Genitive	*failijas, -īs	*failijaizǫ̂	*failijaizōz	*failijaizǫ̂	*failijas, -īs	*failijaizǫ̂
Dative	*failijammai	*failijaimaz	*failijaizōi	*failijaimaz	*failijammai	*failijaimaz
Instrumental	*failijanō	*failijaimiz	*failijaizō	*failijaimiz	*failijanō	*failijaimiz

Weak declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*failijô	*failijaniz	*failijǭ	*failijōniz	*failijô	*failijōnō
Accusative	*failijanų	*failijanunz	*failijōnų	*failijōnunz	*failijô	*failijōnō
Genitive	*failīniz	*failijanǫ̂	*failijōniz	*failijōnǫ̂	*failīniz	*failijanǫ̂
Dative	*failīni	*failijammaz	*failijōni	*failijōmaz	*failīni	*failijammaz
Instrumental	*failīnē	*failijammiz	*failijōnē	*failijōmiz	*failīnē	*failijammiz

Derived terms

*failīgaz
*failisōną

Descendants

Some descendants have conflated the word with *faliz (“venal, to be sold”).

Old English: fǣle
- Middle English: fæle, fele
  - Scots: feel, feelie
  - English: feal, feely
Old Frisian: fēle; fēlig
- West Frisian: feilich
Old Saxon: *fēli
- Middle Low German: vēle, veile; vēlich, veilich
Old Dutch: *feili, *fēli
- Middle Dutch: veile; veilich
  - Dutch: veil; veilig
Old High German: feili
- Middle High German: veile, veil
  - German: feil