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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ili

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 an old t-stem, Proto-Indo-European *ilit-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈi.li/

Noun

*ili n

  1. sole of the foot

Inflection

Like *alu and *mili, the nominative singular form lacks the final consonant of the stem. This preserves an old sound change from late PIE, where word-final *-t becomes *-d. According to Grimm's Law, *t shifted to *þ, and *d shifted to *t. Following this, word-final *-t was lost regularly.

neuter consonant stemDeclension of *ili (neuter consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *ili *iliþ
vocative *ili *iliþ
accusative *ili *iliþ
genitive *iliþiz *iliþǫ̂
dative *iliþi *iliþumaz
instrumental *iliþē *iliþumiz
  • *īlô

Descendants
  • Old English: ile
  • Old Frisian: ili, ile
  • Old Saxon:
  • Old Dutch:
  • Old Norse: il (< feminine)
    • Icelandic: il
    • Faroese: il
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: il
    • Norwegian Bokmål: il
    • Old Swedish: il

Further reading
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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