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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *uʀdailijan (“to mete out”), from *uʀ- +‎ *dailijan (“to deal out, divide”).

Noun

*uʀdailī n

1. something handed or meted out; allotment, share

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*uʀdailī
Genitive	*uʀdailijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*uʀdailī	*uʀdailiju
Accusative	*uʀdailī	*uʀdailiju
Genitive	*uʀdailijas	*uʀdailijō
Dative	*uʀdailijē	*uʀdailijum
Instrumental	*uʀdailiju	*uʀdailijum

Descendants

• Old English: ordāl, ordāle, ordēl, *ordǣl, ordǣle
  • → Medieval Latin: ordālium (< Old English ordāle)
    • Old French: ordeil, ordel
    • → English: ordalium
    • ⇒ New Latin: ordālia (plural)
      • → French: ordalie
      • → Italian: ordalia
        • → Romanian: ordalie
      • → Portuguese: ordália
      • → Spanish: ordalía
    • →? Middle English: ordel, ordal (possibly directly inherited from Old English)
      • English: ordeal
      • Scots: ordeil
• Old Frisian: urdēl, ordēl
  • Saterland Frisian: Uurdeel
  • West Frisian: oardiel
• Old Saxon: urdēli, urdeili
  • Middle Low German: ōrdêle, ōrdeile, ōrdêl, ōrdeil
    • 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: Urteel
      • → Polish: ortel