Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tilą

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

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, part”), with a preform along the lines of *dh₂i-lo-s, though the exact phonetic details are unclear. Related to *tīdiz, *tīmô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.lɑ̃/

Noun

*tilą n

1. a planned point in time

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *tilą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tilą	*tilō
vocative	*tilą	*tilō
accusative	*tilą	*tilō
genitive	*tilas, *tilis	*tilǫ̂
dative	*tilai	*tilamaz
instrumental	*tilō	*tilamiz

Derived terms

• *til (“to, toward, till”)
  • Proto-West Germanic: *til?
    • Old English: til (unless borrowed from Old Norse) (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Frisian: til
  • Old Norse: til (see there for further descendants)
• *tilaz (“fitting, suitable”)
• *tilōną (“to strive, reach”)

Descendants

• Old Saxon:
  • Middle Low German: til (“border, goal”)
• Old Dutch:
  • Middle Dutch: til (“circumstance, case”)
• Old High German: zil
  • Middle High German: zil
    • German: Ziel
      • → Hungarian: cél
      • → Serbo-Croatian: cilj
      • → Slovak: cieľ
      • → Slovene: cilj
    • → Old Czech: cíl, cíľ (alternative writing)
      • Czech: cíl
      • Old Polish: cel
        • Polish: cel, cyl, czel (Middle Polish)
          • → Belarusian: цэль (celʹ)
          • → Esperanto: celo
          • → Kashubian: cél
          • → Slovincian: cél
          • → Russian: цель (celʹ)
          • → Ukrainian: ціль (cilʹ)
        • Silesian: cyl
• >? Gothic: 𐍄𐌹𐌻 n or m (til) (hapax, ambiguous)
• → Proto-Finnic: *tila
  • Estonian: tila
  • Finnish: tila (“room, space”)