Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/asil

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin asellus. Parallel borrowing with Gothic 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 (asilus).

Noun[edit]

*asil m[1]

  1. donkey

Inflection[edit]

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *asil
Genitive *asilas
Singular Plural
Nominative *asil *asilō, *asilōs
Accusative *asil *asilā
Genitive *asilas *asilō
Dative *asilē *asilum
Instrumental *asilu *asilum

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: esol, eosol
    • Middle English: asald
  • Old Frisian: *esel
  • Old Saxon: esil
  • Old Dutch: esil
  • Old High German: esil
    • Middle High German: esel
      • Alemannic German: Esel
      • Cimbrian: éezel
      • Central Franconian: Essel
      • German: Esel
        • Estonian: eesel (or from Middle Low German)
        • Lower Sorbian: ezel
        • Tok Pisin: esel
      • Luxembourgish: Iesel
      • Rhine Franconian:
        Pennsylvania German: Esel
      • Yiddish: אייזל (eyzl)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135:PWGmc *asil