Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nistilōn

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-Germanic

Etymology

From *nistijaną +‎ *-lōną.

Verb

*nistilōn

1. to make or build a nest
2. to occupy a nest; nestle

Inflection

Conjugation of *nistlōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nistlō	*nistlǭ	—	*nistlōi	?
2nd singular	*nistlōsi	*nistlōs	*nistlō	*nistlōsai	*nistlōsau
3rd singular	*nistlōþi	*nistlō	*nistlōþau	*nistlōþai	*nistlōþau
1st dual	*nistlōs	*nistlōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nistlōþiz	*nistlōþiz	*nistlōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*nistlōmaz	*nistlōm	—	*nistlōnþai	*nistlōnþau
2nd plural	*nistlōþ	*nistlōþ	*nistlōþ	*nistlōnþai	*nistlōnþau
3rd plural	*nistlōnþi	*nistlōn	*nistlōnþau	*nistlōnþai	*nistlōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nistlōdǭ	*nistlōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*nistlōdēz	*nistlōdēdīz
3rd singular	*nistlōdē	*nistlōdēdī
1st dual	*nistlōdēdū	*nistlōdēdīw
2nd dual	*nistlōdēdudiz	*nistlōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*nistlōdēdum	*nistlōdēdīm
2nd plural	*nistlōdēdud	*nistlōdēdīd
3rd plural	*nistlōdēdun	*nistlōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*nistlōndz	*nistlōdaz

Descendants

• Old English: nistlian, nestlian; (nistlan)
  • Middle English: nestlen, nestelen
    • Scots: nestle, naesle
    • English: nestle
• Old Saxon: *nistlōn
  • Middle Low German: nëstelen
• Old Dutch: *nistlon, *nistilon
  • Middle Dutch: nistelen, nestelen
    • Dutch: nestelen