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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pēsal

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin piselis m, pisale n (“room with a fire-place, calefactory”), presumed from Latin pēnsilis m or f, pēnsile n (“hanging, suspended”).[1]

Noun

*pēsal m

  1. heated room

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *pēsal
Genitive *pēsalas
Singular Plural
Nominative *pēsal *pēsalō, *pēsalōs
Accusative *pēsal *pēsalā
Genitive *pēsalas *pēsalō
Dative *pēsalē *pēsalum
Instrumental *pēsalu *pēsalum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *pīsilā

Descendants
  • Old English: pīsle f
  • Old Frisian: pīsel, pīsle
  • Old Saxon: pēsal (“heated room; oven”)
    • Middle Low German: pīsel, pisel, pēsel
      • German Low German: Piasal
      • → Danish: pisel, spisel
      • → German: Pesel
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: peis
      • → Swedish: spis, spisel
  • Old Dutch: *pīsal
    • Middle Dutch: pīsel
      • Middle Dutch: pijzel
  • Old High German: pfiesal, pisile
    • Middle High German: pfiesel
      • East Central German: Pfiesl, Pfiesel

References
  1. Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “pijzel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎ (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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