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This Proto-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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Perhaps from earlier *taudlą, from Proto-Indo-European *dowh₂-dʰlo-m, from *dewh₂- (“to tie to; secure”). If so, equivalent to *tawjaną + *-þlą.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*tōlą n[1]
- tool
Inflection
Declension of *tōlą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*tōlą
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*tōlō
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| vocative
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*tōlą
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*tōlō
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| accusative
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*tōlą
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*tōlō
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| genitive
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*tōlas, *tōlis
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*tōlǫ̂
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| dative
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*tōlai
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*tōlamaz
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| instrumental
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*tōlō
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*tōlamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *tōl
- Old English: tōl (possibly inherited from Proto-West Germanic, but since the term is not attested in other West Germanic languages, perhaps borrowed from Old Norse)
- Old Norse: tól
- Icelandic: tól
- Faroese: tól
- Norn: tøl
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tol
- Old Swedish: tōl (in compounds)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*tōla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520