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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
Likely from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, part”), with a preform along the lines of *dh₂i-lo-s, though the exact phonetic details are unclear. Related to *tīdiz, *tīmô.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*tilą n[1]
- a planned point in time
Inflection
Declension of *tilą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*tilą
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*tilō
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| vocative
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*tilą
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*tilō
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| accusative
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*tilą
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*tilō
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| genitive
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*tilas, *tilis
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*tilǫ̂
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| dative
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*tilai
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*tilamaz
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| instrumental
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*tilō
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*tilamiz
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Derived terms
- *til (“to, toward, till”)
- Proto-West Germanic: *til?
- Old English: til (unless borrowed from Old Norse) (see there for further descendants)
- Old Frisian: til
- Old Norse: til (see there for further descendants)
- *tilaz (“fitting, suitable”)
- *tilōną (“to strive, reach”)
Descendants
- Old Saxon:
- Middle Low German: til (“border, goal”)
- Old Dutch:
- Middle Dutch: til (“circumstance, case”)
- Old High German: zil
- Middle High German: zil
- German: Ziel
- → Old Czech: cíl, cíľ (alternative writing)
- >? Gothic: 𐍄𐌹𐌻 n or m (til) (hapax, ambiguous)
- → Proto-Finnic: *tila
- Estonian: tila
- Finnish: tila (“room, space”)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*tila-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517