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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/failī

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 *failijaz.

Adjective

*failī

  1. true, friendly, familiar, good

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *failī
Genitive *failijas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *failī *failiju *failī
Accusative *failijanā *failijā *failī
Genitive *failijas *failijeʀā *failijas
Dative *failijumē *failijeʀē *failijumē
Instrumental *failiju *failijeʀu *failiju
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *failijē *failijō *failiju
Accusative *failijā *failijā *failiju
Genitive *failijeʀō *failijeʀō *failijeʀō
Dative *failijēm, *failijum *failijēm, *failijum *failijēm, *failijum
Instrumental *failijēm, *failijum *failijēm, *failijum *failijēm, *failijum

Derived terms

Descendants

Some descendants have conflated the word with *fali (venal, to be sold).

  • Old English: fǣle
    • Middle English: fele, feele, fell, felle; feale
      • English: feal
      • Scots: feal, feel, feil
  • Old Frisian: fēle
    • West Frisian: feilich
  • Old Saxon: *fēli
  • Old Dutch: *feili, *fēli
  • Old High German: feili
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