*mistilaz

Runic: ᛗᛁᛊᛏᛁᛚᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈmis.ti.lɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

mistletoe

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *me (‘with, mid’) and a zero-grade of *sed- (‘to sit’) due to the fact that the plant parasitizes “sitting” on other plants, with the diminutive suffix + *-ilaz or + *-ilǭ known from Proto-Germanic *þistilaz (‘thistle’) and Proto-West Germanic *natilā (‘nettle’), compare for this derivation type Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (‘nest’) and Proto-Indo-European *písdeh₂ (‘pudendum’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	mistilaz	mistilōz, mistilōs
Acc.	mistilą	mistilanz
Gen.	mistilas, mistilis	mistilǫ̂
Dat.	mistilai	mistilamaz
Inst.	mistilō	mistilamiz
Voc.	mistil	mistilōz, mistilōs

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Descendants

*mistil (Proto-West Germanic)
- *mistil (Old Dutch)
  - mistel (Middle Dutch)
    - mistel (Dutch)
*mistil (Proto-West Germanic)
- mistel (Old English)
  - mistel, mistell, mystil, mystill, mystyl (Middle English)
    - mistle (English)
    - misle (Scots)
*mistil (Proto-West Germanic)
- *mistel (Old Frisian)
  - mistel (West Frisian)
*mistil (Proto-West Germanic)
- mistil (Old High German)
  - mistel (Middle High German)
    - Mistel (German)
*mistil (Proto-West Germanic)
- mistil (Old Saxon)
  - mistel (Middle Low German)
    - Mistel (German Low German)
    - Mistelplaunt (Plautdietsch)
*mistil (Old Norse)
mistilteinn (Old Norse)
- mistelten (Danish)
- mistilteinur (Faroese)
- mistilteinn (Icelandic)
- misteltein (Norwegian Bokmål)
- misteltein (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- mistel (Swedish)
mistilteinn (Old Norse)
- misteltān (Old English)
  - mistelto, mistilte, mistilto, mysleto, mystyldene (Middle English)
    - mistletoe (English)

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