Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wisulǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

A diminutive of the word *wisō- (European polecat, Mustela putorius). From Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to melt, flow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwi.su.lɔ̃ː/

Noun

*wisulǭ f

weasel

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *wisulǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wisulǭ	*wisulōniz
vocative	*wisulǭ	*wisulōniz
accusative	*wisulōnų	*wisulōnunz
genitive	*wisulōniz	*wisulōnǫ̂
dative	*wisulōni	*wisulōmaz
instrumental	*wisulōnē	*wisulōmiz

Descendants

Old English: weosule, wesle; weslinc
- Middle English: wesele
  - Scots: quhasill, wasyll, waesel, weazell
  - English: weasel
Old Frisian: *wisele
- Saterland Frisian: Wieselke (possibly borrowed from German)
- West Frisian: wezeling (possibly borrowed from Low German)
Old Saxon: *wisula
- Middle Low German: wēsel, wesele
  - Low German: Wessel, Wissel
  - Plautdietsch: Wäsel
Old Dutch: *wisula, *wisala
- Middle Dutch: wesel
  - Dutch: wezel
    - Afrikaans: wesel
  - Limburgish: wezel
Old High German: wisula, wisala
- Middle High German: wisele
  - German: Wiesel
  - Luxembourgish: Wisel
Old Norse: visla; hreysivisla
- Icelandic: hreysivisla
- Faroese: vesla
- Norwegian: vesel
- Old Swedish: visla
  - Swedish: vessla
- Old Danish: wæslæ
  - Danish: væsel
- Gutnish: vissle, visslå

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