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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nastilu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *nastijan (“to bind; fix”) +‎ *-ilu, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *neHd- (“to bind, press together”), see also Breton naskañ, English net, Latin nassa, Sanskrit नह्यते (nahyate, “to fasten, bind together”).[1]

Noun

*nastilu f

  1. headband; plait

Inflection
ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *nastilu
Genitive *nastilā
Singular Plural
Nominative *nastilu *nastilō
Accusative *nastilā *nastilā
Genitive *nastilā *nastilō
Dative *nastilē *nastilōm
Instrumental *nastilu *nastilōm

Descendants
  • Old Frisian: nestle, nesle; nestla m
  • Old Saxon: nestila f
  • Old Dutch: *nastila, *nestila
  • → Old French: nasle, lasne; nasliere, lasniere
  • Old High German: nestila f; nestilo m
    • Middle High German: nestel f
      • German: Nestel f
    • → Italian: nastro

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) , “nad-sko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 282-283
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