Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/failī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *failijaz.

Adjective

*failī

true, friendly, familiar, good

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*failī
Genitive	*failijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*failī	*failiju	*failī
Accusative	*failijanā	*failijā	*failī
Genitive	*failijas	*failijeʀā	*failijas
Dative	*failijumē	*failijeʀē	*failijumē
Instrumental	*failiju	*failijeʀu	*failiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*failijē	*failijō	*failiju
Accusative	*failijā	*failijā	*failiju
Genitive	*failijeʀō	*failijeʀō	*failijeʀō
Dative	failijēm, failijum	failijēm, failijum	failijēm, failijum
Instrumental	failijēm, failijum	failijēm, failijum	failijēm, failijum

Derived terms

*failīg
*failisōn

Descendants

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

Old English: fǣle
- Middle English: fæle, fele
  - Scots: feel
  - English: feal
Old Frisian: fēle
- West Frisian: feilich
Old Saxon: *fēli
- Middle Low German: vêle, veile
Old Dutch: *feili, *fēli
- Middle Dutch: veile
  - Dutch: veil
Old High German: feili
- Middle High German: veile, veil
  - German: feil