Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/uʀdailī

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 *uʀdailijan (“to mete out”), from *uʀ- +‎ *dailijan (“to deal out, divide”).

Noun

*uʀdailī n

something handed or meted out; allotment, share

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*uʀdailī
Genitive	*uʀdailijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*uʀdailī	*uʀdailiju
Accusative	*uʀdailī	*uʀdailiju
Genitive	*uʀdailijas	*uʀdailijō
Dative	*uʀdailijē	*uʀdailijum
Instrumental	*uʀdailiju	*uʀdailijum

Descendants

Old English: ordāl, ordēl, *ordǣl
- → Medieval Latin: ordālium
  - Old French: ordeil, ordel
  - → English: ordalium
  - ⇒ New Latin: ordālia (plural)
    - → French: ordalie
    - → Italian: ordalia
      - → Romanian: ordalie
    - → Portuguese: ordália
    - → Spanish: ordalía
  - →? Middle English: ordel, ordal (possibly directly inherited from Old English)
    - English: ordeal
    - Scots: ordeil
Old Frisian: urdēl, ordēl
- Saterland Frisian: Uurdeel
- West Frisian: oardiel
Old Saxon: urdēli, urdeili
- Middle Low German: ōrdêl
  - German Low German: Oordeel
Old Dutch: urdeile
- Middle Dutch: ordeel
  - Dutch: oordeel
Old High German: urteili, urteila, urteil
- Middle High German: urteile, urteil
  - German: Urteil
    - → Luxembourgish: Urteel