Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frijōdil

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 *frijōd (“loved”) +‎ *-il.

Noun

*frijōdil m

1. loved one, spouse

   Synonym: *friþil

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*frijōdil(a)
Genitive	*frijōdilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*frijōdil(a)	*frijōdilōs
Accusative	*frijōdil(a)	*frijōdilā
Genitive	*frijōdilas	*frijōdilō
Dative	*frijōdilē	*frijōdilum
Instrumental	*frijōdilu	*frijōdilum

Alternative reconstructions

• *frīodil, *frīudil, (under influence of *friþil) *frīoþil, *frīuþil

Descendants

• Old Frisian: friūdel, friūdelf, frūdelf
• Old Saxon: friuthil, *friothil
  • >? Middle Low German: vridel, vredel (from this if original length î, ê; otherwise < *friþil)
• Old Dutch: *friuthil, *friothil, *frūthil
  • Middle Dutch: vriedel
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: frūthilo
• Old High German: friudil, freodil
  • Middle High German: vriedel (< OHG freodil)
    • German: Friedel (possibly merged with MHG vridel)