Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īdalnassī

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 *īdal +‎ *-nassī.

Noun

*īdalnassī f

1. idleness, emptiness
2. vanity

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*īdalnassī
Genitive	*īdalnassīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*īdalnassī	—
Accusative	*īdalnassīn	—
Genitive	*īdalnassīn	—
Dative	*īdalnassīn	—
Instrumental	*īdalnassīn	—

Related terms

• *īdalēn

Descendants

• Old English: īdelness, īdelnes
  • Middle English: idelnesse, ydelnesse
    • English: idleness
    • Scots: idilnes, ydilnes
• Old Frisian: īdelnisse
• Old Saxon: īdalnussi
• Old Dutch: īdelnussi
  • Middle Dutch: ijdelnisse
    • Dutch: ijdelnis (obsolete)
• Old High German: ītalnissa