Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/uʀdailī

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 *uzdailijaną (“to mete out”).

Noun

*uʀdailī n

1. something handed or meted out; allotment, share

Descendants

• Old English: *ordæl, *ordǣl, ordēl, ordāl
  • Middle English: *ordel, ordal
    • English: ordeal
    • Scots: ordeil
  • → Latin: ordālium
    • French: ordalie
    • Italian: ordalia
    • → English: ordalium
• Old Frisian: urdēl, ordēl
  • Saterland Frisian: Uurdeel
  • West Frisian: oardiel
• Old Saxon: urdēli, urdeili
  • Middle Low German: ōrdêl
    • German Low German: Oordeel
• Old Dutch: urdeile
  • Middle Dutch: ordeel
    • Dutch: oordeel
• Old High German: urteili, urteila, urteil
  • Middle High German: urteile, urteil
    • German: Urteil
      • → Luxembourgish: Uerteel