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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þinhslō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms
  • *þinhsilō

Etymology

Uncertain. Seemingly from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰs(e)leh₂, derived from the root *tengʰ- (“to pull, stretch, tensen”);[1] Kroonen however is skeptical. In any case, compare Latin tēmō (“pole, yoke-beam”) and Old Prussian teansis (“drawbar”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθĩːx.slɔː/

Noun

*þinhslō f[2]

  1. a drawbar, cartpole, or thill[3]

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *þinhslō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þinhslō *þinhslôz
vocative *þinhslō *þinhslôz
accusative *þinhslǭ *þinhslōz
genitive *þinhslōz *þinhslǫ̂
dative *þinhslōi *þinhslōmaz
instrumental *þinhslō *þinhslōmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *þį̄hslu
    • Old English: þīxl, þīsl
    • Old Frisian: *thīxl, *thixl
      • West Frisian: tiksel
    • Old Saxon: thīsla, thīhsla, thīhsala, thessalia, thesla
    • Old Dutch: *thīhsala
      • Middle Dutch: diesele, dissel
        • Dutch: dissel
        • West Flemish: dijsel
    • Old High German: dīhsala, dīhsila
      • Middle High German: dīhsele, dīhsel, dīsle
  • Old Norse: þísl
    • Icelandic: þísl
    • Old Swedish: þistl

References
  1. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 508
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þinhslō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 542: “f. ʻdrawbar, cart-poleʼ”
  3. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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