Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/petarsilijā

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

Alternative forms

*petrasilijā, *petraskilijā

Etymology

From Latin petroselīnum.

Noun

*petarsilijā f

parsley
celery

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*petarsilijā
Genitive	*petarsilijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*petarsilijā	*petarsilijōn
Accusative	*petarsilijōn	*petarsilijōn
Genitive	*petarsilijōn	*petarsilijōnō
Dative	*petarsilijōn	*petarsilijōm
Instrumental	*petarsilijōn	*petarsilijōm

Descendants

Note: All descendants were to some degree stabilised in form by continual regressive influence from Medieval Latin petroselīnum.

Old English: petersiliġe, petersilie
- Middle English: watersilie, wætersylie (mistaking p for ƿ (=w))
Old Frisian: *petersilie
- West Frisian: peterseelje, piterseelje, pattersylje
Old Saxon: *petarsilia
- Middle Low German: pētersilie, peetersilie, pētersillye, pēterselie, pētersilge, pētersillige
  - German Low German: Petersilie, Petersielje, Petersillje
Old Dutch: *petarsilia
- Middle Dutch: peterselie, petersilie
  - Dutch: peterselie
Old High German: *pfedrasilia, *pfedrascilia, federskella, federscella, *petarsilia (influenced by Old High German: petersili, petersil m, a re-borrowing of the Latin term)
- Middle High German: pētersilje, pētersilie, pfitersele, federscella
  - German: Petersilie