Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gīsl

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.

Noun

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*gīsl m[1]

  1. hostage

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *gīsl
Genitive *gīslas
Singular Plural
Nominative *gīsl *gīslō, *gīslōs
Accusative *gīsl *gīslā
Genitive *gīslas *gīslō
Dative *gīslē *gīslum
Instrumental *gīslu *gīslum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  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 *gīsl