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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īlu

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

Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”).

Noun

*īlu f

haste, eagerness

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*īlu
Genitive	*īlā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*īlu	*īlō
Accusative	*īlā	*īlā
Genitive	*īlā	*īlō
Dative	*īlē	īlōm, īlum
Instrumental	*īlu	īlōm, īlum

Derived terms

*īlijan
*īlīg
*īlōn
- Old Frisian: *īlia
  - Saterland Frisian: ielje
- Old Dutch: īlon

Descendants

Old Frisian: īle
Old Saxon: *īla
- Middle Low German: īle
  - German Low German: Iele, Üile, Uile, Üle, Iel
Old Dutch: *īla
- Middle Dutch: īle
  - Dutch: ijl
Old High German: īla
- Middle High German: īle
  - German: Eile

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