Reconstruction:Old Dutch/loil

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 *lauhil (“small forest”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhilaz (“small forest”). Equivalent to *lō (“forest, clearing”) +‎ -il (“dimunitive suffix”).

Noun

*lōil m

  1. Any small forest (with clearings)
  2. Loil (a village in modern Gelderland, the Netherlands)

Declension

NB: the place-name wouldn't have used the plural.

Declension of *lōil (masculine a-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative *lōil *lōila
accusative *lōil *lōila
genitive *lōiles *lōilo
dative *lōile *lōilon

Derived terms

  • *lōilisc (“Loilish, of or from Loil”)

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: Loil

Further reading

  • “lō”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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