Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nastilu

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 *nastijan (“to to bind, tie, sew”) +‎ *-ilu.[1]

Noun

*nastilu f

headband, plait

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nastilu
Genitive	*nastilā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nastilu	*nastilō
Accusative	*nastilā	*nastilā
Genitive	*nastilā	*nastilō
Dative	*nastilē	nastilōm, nastilum
Instrumental	*nastilu	nastilōm, nastilum

Descendants

Old Frisian: nestle, nesle f, nestla m
Old Saxon: nestila f
- Middle Low German: nestel
Old Dutch: *nastila, *nestila
- Middle Dutch: nastel, nestele, nestel
  - Dutch: nestel
Old High German: nestila f, nestilo m
- Middle High German: nestel f
  - German: Nestel f
- → Italian: nastro
- → Romanian: nasture
→ Old French: nasle, lasne
- ⇒ Old French: nasliere, lasniere
  - Middle French: laniere
    - French: lanière
  - → Middle English: lanyer
    - English: lanyard

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “nad-sko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 282-283

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “nad-sko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 282-283