Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/insulā

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 Latin insula (“island”) and Vulgar Latin *isula (“island”).

Noun

*insulā f

island

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*insulā
Genitive	*insulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*insulā	*insulōn
Accusative	*insulōn	*insulōn
Genitive	*insulōn	*insulōnō
Dative	*insulōn	insulōm, insulum
Instrumental	*insulōn	insulōm, insulum

Alternative forms

*isulā, *īsulā

Descendants

Old Saxon: *insala, *insula
- Middle Low German: insel, insele, insule
  - German Low German: Insel
  - Plautdietsch: Insel
Old High German: *insila, īsila, isila
- Middle High German: insel, insele, isele, isel, insule
  - Alemannic German: Insle
  - Bavarian: Insl
  - German: Insel, Insul
  - Hunsrik: Insel
  - Luxembourgish: Insel
  - Yiddish: אינדזל (indzl), אינזל (inzl)

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