Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pīlārī

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 Vulgar Latin *pīlāre (whence Old French piler, pilier), from Latin pīla (“pillar”).[1]

Noun

*pīlārī m

pillar

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pīlārī
Genitive	*pīlārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pīlārī	pīlārijō, pīlārijōs
Accusative	*pīlārī	*pīlārijā
Genitive	*pīlārijas	*pīlārijō
Dative	*pīlārijē	*pīlārijum
Instrumental	*pīlāriju	*pīlārijum

Related terms

*pīlōn
- Old English: pīlian
  - Middle English: pelen

Descendants

Old Frisian: pīler
- West Frisian: pylder
Old Saxon: pīliri
- Middle Low German: pīlere, pīler, piiler, pyler, pīleree, pīlre, pilar, pīlāre
  - → Old Norse: pilarr
Old Dutch: *pīlari
- Middle Dutch: pijler, pijlre
  - Dutch: pijler
Old High German: pfīlāri
- Middle High German: pfīlære, pfīler
  - German: Pfeiler

References

van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) “pijler”, in Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN

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[1] van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) “pijler”, in Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN