Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þistilaz

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

Perhaps from pre-Germanic Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”) + *-sd-, with the Germanic suffix *-ilaz. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Compare *mistilaz for the formation.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθis.ti.lɑz/

Noun

*þistilaz m

thistle

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *þistilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þistilaz	þistilōz, þistilōs
vocative	*þistil	þistilōz, þistilōs
accusative	*þistilą	*þistilanz
genitive	þistilas, þistilis	*þistilǫ̂
dative	*þistilai	*þistilamaz
instrumental	*þistilō	*þistilamiz

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic: *þistil
- Old English: þistel
  - Middle English: thistel, þistel, thystyl, þistil, thestel, thystylle, thystyll, þestel, thistill, þystel, þissle, thystul
    - English: thistle
    - Scots: thrissel
- Old Saxon: thistil
- Old Dutch: *thistil
  - Middle Dutch: distel
    - Dutch: distel
- Old High German: distil, distila
  - Middle High German: distel
    - German: Distel
    - Luxembourgish: Dëschtel
    - Vilamovian: döstuł
    - Pennsylvania German: Dischdel
Old Norse: þistill
- Icelandic: þistill
- Faroese: tistil
- Norwegian: tistel
- Old Swedish: þistil
  - Swedish: tistel
- Old Danish: thistæl
  - Danish: tidsel
- Gutnish: tissle
- Scanian: tizle