Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kesulastain

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 *kesul, *kisil (“pebble”) +‎ *stain (“stone”).

Noun

*kesulastain m

pebble

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kesulastain
Genitive	*kesulastainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kesulastain	kesulastainō, kesulastainōs
Accusative	*kesulastain	*kesulastainā
Genitive	*kesulastainas	*kesulastainō
Dative	*kesulastainē	*kesulastainum
Instrumental	*kesulastainu	*kesulastainum

Alternative reconstructions

*kisilastain

Descendants

Old English: ċeosolstān, ċiosolstān, ċeoselstan, ċisilstān, ċyselstān
- Middle English: chesel-ston, schesellstone, chesell-ston
  - English: chiselstone
Old Saxon: *kesalstēn
- Middle Low German: kēserlincstên, kēserlincstein
Old Dutch: *kesalstēn
- Middle Dutch: kezelsteen
  - Dutch: keizelsteen
Old High German: *kisilstein
- Middle High German: kiselstein
  - German: Kieselstein

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