Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mistil

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mistilaz.

Noun

*mistil m

mistletoe

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mistil
Genitive	*mistilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mistil	mistilō, mistilōs
Accusative	*mistil	*mistilā
Genitive	*mistilas	*mistilō
Dative	*mistilē	*mistilum
Instrumental	*mistilu	*mistilum

Descendants

Old English: mistel
- Middle English: mistel, mistell, mystil, mystill, mystyl
  - English: mistle
  - Scots: misle
Old Frisian: *mistel
- West Frisian: mistel
Old Saxon: mistil
- Middle Low German: mistel
  - German Low German: Mistel
  - ⇒ Plautdietsch: Mistelplaunt
Old Dutch: *mistil
- Middle Dutch: mistel
  - Dutch: mistel
Old High German: mistil
- Middle High German: mistel
  - German: Mistel