Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-islī

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 *-slą + *-ī.

Suffix

*-islī n

Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something which performs or has undergone an action, or something which results from the action; -age, -ion

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*-islī
Genitive	*-islijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-islī	*-isliju
Accusative	*-islī	*-isliju
Genitive	*-islijas	*-islijō
Dative	*-islijē	*-islijum
Instrumental	*-isliju	*-islijum

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-islī

Descendants

Old English: -els m, -else, -elle f
Old Saxon: -isli, -islo
- Middle Low German: -else, -els, -sel
  - Low German: -else, -sel
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: -else
  - → Swedish: -else
  - → Old Danish: -ilse
    - Danish: -else
Old Dutch: -isli
- Middle Dutch: -sel
  - Dutch: -sel
Old High German: -isli
- Middle High German:
  - German: -sel