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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grindil

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

According to an almost universally accepted etymology, from *grindi (“fence”) +‎ *-il (diminutive), from Proto-Germanic *grindiz (“fence”). A dissenting opinion by Trubachev argues for an early borrowing from Proto-Slavic.[1]

Noun

*grindil m

  1. bolt, bar

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *grindil
Genitive *grindilas
Singular Plural
Nominative *grindil *grindilō, *grindilōs
Accusative *grindil *grindilā
Genitive *grindilas *grindilō
Dative *grindilē *grindilum
Instrumental *grindilu *grindilum

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old English: grindel
  • Old Saxon: grindil, grendil
  • Old Dutch: grindel
  • Old High German: grintil, crintil, grindil, krindil

Further reading
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*grindi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 190

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gręda/*grędъ/*grędь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 120
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