Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pēsal

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin piselis m, pisale n (“room with a fire-place, calefactory”), presumed from Latin pēnsilis m or f, pēnsile n (“hanging, suspended”).

Noun

*pēsal m

1. heated room

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pēsal
Genitive	*pēsalas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pēsal	*pēsalō, *pēsalōs
Accusative	*pēsal	*pēsalā
Genitive	*pēsalas	*pēsalō
Dative	*pēsalē	*pēsalum
Instrumental	*pēsalu	*pēsalum

Alternative reconstructions

• *pīsilā

Descendants

• Old English: pīsle f
• Old Frisian: pīsel, pīsle
• Old Saxon: pēsal (“heated room; oven”)
  • Middle Low German: pīsel, pisel, pēsel
    • German Low German: Piasal
    • → Danish: pisel, spisel
    • → German: Pesel
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: peis
    • → Swedish: spis, spisel
• Old Dutch: *pīsal
  • Middle Dutch: pīsel
    • Middle Dutch: pijzel
• Old High German: pfiesal, pisile
  • Middle High German: pfiesel
    • East Central German: Pfiesl, Pfiesel