Reconstruction:Old Dutch/betil

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *baitil (“chisel”), from Proto-Germanic *baitilaz (“chisel”), a compound of *baitijaną (“to make bite”) + *-ilaz (“tool name forming suffix”).

Noun

*bētil m

  1. chisel

Declension

Declension of *bētil (masculine a-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative *bētil *bētila
accusative *bētil *bētila
genitive *bētiles *bētilo
dative *bētile *bētilon

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: beitel, bêtel
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