Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-islī

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 Proto-Germanic *-slą + *-ī.

Suffix

*-islī n

1. Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something which performs or has undergone an action, or something which results from the action; -age, -ion

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*-islī
Genitive	*-islijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-islī	*-isliju
Accusative	*-islī	*-isliju
Genitive	*-islijas	*-islijō
Dative	*-islijē	*-islijum
Instrumental	*-isliju	*-islijum

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-islī

Descendants

• Old English: -els m, -else, -elle f
• Old Saxon: -isli, -islo
  • Middle Low German: -else, -els, -sel
    • Low German: -else, -sel
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: -else
    • → Swedish: -else
    • → Old Danish: -ilse
      • Danish: -else
• Old Dutch: -isli
  • Middle Dutch: -sel
    • Dutch: -sel
• Old High German: -isli
  • Middle High German:
    • German: -sel

Further reading

• Goossens, Jan (1983) Niederdeutsch. Sprache und Literatur, volume Band 1: Sprache, Neumünster: Karl Wachholtz Verlag, →ISBN