Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þinhslō

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

Seemingly from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰsleh₂, derived from the root *tengʰ- (“to pull”);[1] Kroonen however is skeptical. In any case, compare Latin tēmō (“pole, yoke-beam”) and Old Prussian teansis (“drawbar”).[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθĩːx.slɔː/

Noun

*þinhslō f[2]

wagon pole, thill[3]

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *þinhslō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þinhslō	*þinhslôz
vocative	*þinhslō	*þinhslôz
accusative	*þinhslǭ	*þinhslōz
genitive	*þinhslōz	*þinhslǫ̂
dative	*þinhslōi	*þinhslōmaz
instrumental	*þinhslō	*þinhslōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *þīhslu
- Old English: þīxl, þīsl
- Old Saxon: thīsla
- Old High German: dīhsala
Old Norse: þísl

References

Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 508
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þinhslō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 542: “f. ʻdrawbar, cart-poleʼ”
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 508

[EDPG-2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þinhslō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 542: “f. ʻdrawbar, cart-poleʼ”

[3] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN