Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īdalnassī

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 *īdal +‎ *-nassī.

Noun

*īdalnassī f

idleness, emptiness
vanity

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*īdalnassī
Genitive	*īdalnassīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*īdalnassī	—
Accusative	*īdalnassīn	—
Genitive	*īdalnassīn	—
Dative	*īdalnassīn	—
Instrumental	*īdalnassīn	—

Related terms

*īdalēn

Descendants

Old English: īdelness, īdelnes
- Middle English: idelnesse, ydelnesse
  - English: idleness
  - Scots: idilnes, ydilnes
Old Frisian: īdelnisse
Old Saxon: īdalnussi
Old Dutch: īdelnussi
- Middle Dutch: ijdelnisse
  - Dutch: ijdelnis (obsolete)
Old High German: ītalnissa