Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/natilu

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 unattested *natā, from Proto-Germanic *natǭ (“nettle”), +‎ *-ilu (diminutive suffix).[1]

Noun

*natilu f

nettle

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*natilu
Genitive	*natilā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*natilu	*natilō
Accusative	*natilā	*natilā
Genitive	*natilā	*natilō
Dative	*natilē	natilōm, natilum
Instrumental	*natilu	natilōm, natilum

Alternative reconstructions

*natilā[2][3]

Descendants

Old English: netele, netle
- Middle English: netele, netle, nettle
  - English: nettle
  - Scots: nettill
Old Frisian: *netele
- Saterland Frisian: Neetele, Neetel
- West Frisian: nettel
Old Saxon: netila
- Middle Low German: nêtele, nettele, nettel
  - German Low German:
    Westphalian:
    Westmünsterländisch: Nettel, Nöttel
    East Westphalian: Niedel (Ravensberg), Nettel (Lippe)
    South Westphalian: Niëdel (Dortmund)
    Sauerländisch: Nietel, Nettel (Wenden)
  - Dutch Low Saxon:
    Twents: nettel
  - → Danish: nelde, nælde
  - → Norwegian: nesle, netla, nesla, natla
  - → Old Swedish: nætla
    - Swedish: nässla, nättla, nälla
  - → Scanian: nælla
Old Dutch: *netila
- Middle Dutch: nētele, nettel
  - Dutch: netel
Old High German: nezzila
- Middle High German: nezzel
  - Cimbrian: éssala (reanalyzed)
  - German: Nessel

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*natōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384
Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270: “PWGmc *natilā”
Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Nessel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 502: “wg. *natilōn”

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*natōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384

[2] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270: “PWGmc *natilā”

[3] Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Nessel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 502: “wg. *natilōn”