Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þį̄slu

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 Proto-Germanic *þinhslō.

Noun

*þį̄slu f[1]

yoke pole

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þį̄slu
Genitive	*þį̄slā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þį̄slu	*þį̄slō
Accusative	*þį̄slā	*þį̄slā
Genitive	*þį̄slā	*þį̄slō
Dative	*þį̄slē	*þį̄slōm
Instrumental	*þį̄slu	*þį̄slōm

Descendants

Old English: þīsl, þīxl
Old Frisian: *thixel
- West Frisian: tiksel
Old Saxon: *thīhsla
- Middle Low German: dîsel, dissel
Old Dutch: *thīssala
- Middle Dutch: dissele, dissel
  - Dutch: dissel
Old High German: dīhsala, dīhsila
- German: Deichsel
- Luxembourgish: Täissel

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 329: “PWGmc *þīhslu”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 329: “PWGmc *þīhslu”