*gīslaz

Runic: ᚷᛁᛊᛚᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɣiːs.lɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

hostage

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Celtic *geistlos (‘hostage, pledge’) (compare Old Irish gíall, Welsh gwystl), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeydʰ- (‘to desire, wait for’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.gīslazgīslōz, gīslōs
Acc.gīslągīslanz
Gen.gīslas, gīslisgīslǫ̂
Dat.gīslaigīslamaz
Inst.gīslōgīslamiz
Voc.gīslgīslōz, gīslōs

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Descendants

  • *gīsl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *gīsal (Old Dutch)
      • gisel (Middle Dutch)
        • gijzel (Dutch)
        • gizel (West Frisian)
  • *gīsl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *gīsal (Old Dutch)
      • gisel (Middle Dutch)
        • giselare (Middle Dutch)
          • gijzelaar (Dutch)
          • gizeler (West Frisian)
  • *gīsl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ġīsel, ġīsl (Old English)
      • ȝisel, ȝisle (Middle English)
  • *gīsl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • gīsal, gîsil (Old High German)
      • gīsel (Middle High German)
        • Geisel (German)
          • Geisel (German Low German)
  • *gīsl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • gīsal (Old Saxon)
      • gîsel (Middle Low German)
        • Giesel (Low German)
  • *ᚷᛁᛊᛚᚨᛉ (*gislaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • gísl (Old Norse)
      • gidsel (Danish)
      • gísli (Faroese)
      • gísl (Icelandic)
      • gissel (Norwegian Bokmål)
      • gissel, gisl (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *ᚷᛁᛊᛚᚨᛉ (*gislaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • gísl (Old Norse)
      • gīsl (Old Swedish)
        • gislan (Old Swedish)
          • gisslan (Swedish)
  • *kihla (Proto-Finnic)

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