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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wrōtil
Proto-West Germanic
Alternative forms
- *wrōtul
Etymology
From *wrōtan + *-il.
Noun
*wrōtil m
- That which is used to root around, rooter, snout
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *wrōtil | |
Genitive | *wrōtilas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *wrōtil | *wrōtilō, *wrōtilōs |
Accusative | *wrōtil | *wrōtilā |
Genitive | *wrōtilas | *wrōtilō |
Dative | *wrōtilē | *wrōtilum |
Instrumental | *wrōtilu | *wrōtilum |
Descendants
- Old English: *wrōtel, wrōt
- Middle English: wrot, wrotte
- Old Saxon: *wrōtil, *wrōt
- Middle Low German: wrōte (attested only in the sense of "mole")
- German Low German: Fröte, Frööt (from earlier wrote, wröte)
- Middle Low German: wrōte (attested only in the sense of "mole")
- Old High German: *wruozil, *ruozil
- Middle High German: rüezel, rüzzel
- German: Rüssel
- → German Low German: Rüssel
- German: Rüssel
- → Middle Low German: rȫsel
- Middle High German: rüezel, rüzzel