Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/petarsilljā

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

Etymology

From *petarsili +‎ *-jā, from Vulgar Latin *petrosilium, from Latin petroselīnum (“rock parsley”).

Noun

*petarsilljā f

1. parsley, celery

   Synonym: *api

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*petarsilljā
Genitive	*petarsilljōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*petarsilljā	*petarsilljōn
Accusative	*petarsilljōn	*petarsilljōn
Genitive	*petarsilljōn	*petarsilljōnō
Dative	*petarsilljōn	*petarsilljōm, *petarsilljum
Instrumental	*petarsilljōn	*petarsilljōm, *petarsilljum

Alternative reconstructions

• *petrasilljā, *petarsīlijā, *petrasīlijā

Reconstruction notes

All descendants were to some degree stabilized in form by continual regressive influence from Medieval Latin petroselīnum.

Related terms

• *petarsili
  • Old High German: petersili, petersil
    • Middle High German: pētersil
      • German: Petersil
• *petarsilīn
  • Old High German: peterlīn, petarlīn
    • Middle High German: pēterlīn

Descendants

• Old English: petersiliġe, petersilie
  • Middle English: watersilie, wætersylie (mistaking p for ƿ (=w))
• Old Frisian: *petersilie
  • West Frisian: peterseelje, piterseelje, pattersylje
• Old Saxon: *petarsella, *petarsilia
  • Middle Low German: persele, pētersilie, peetersilie, pētersillye, pēterselie, pētersilge, pētersillige
    • German Low German: Petersilie, Petersielje, Petersillje
    • → Danish: persille
    • → Norwegian: persille
    • → Old Swedish: petersilia, pädersilia
      • Swedish: persilja
      • → Finnish: persilja
• Old Dutch: *petarsella, *petarsilia
  • Middle Dutch: petercelle, peterselie, petersilie
    • Dutch: peterselie
    • Limburgish: pitterseelje
• Old High German: federskella, federscella, *pfedrasilia, *petarsilia (influenced by Old High German petersil m)
  • Middle High German: pētersilje, pētersilie, pfitersele, federscella
    • German: Petersilie
    • → Czech: petržel
      • → Polish: pietruszka
        • → Belarusian: пятру́шка (pjatrúška)
        • → Russian: петру́шка (petrúška)
          • → Ingrian: petruška
        • → Ukrainian: петру́шка (petrúška)
        • → Yiddish: פּיעטרושקע (pyetrushke), פּעטרושקע (petrushke), פּעטרעשקע (petreshke), פּעטרישקע (petrishke)