Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *þistilazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_þistilaz
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*tetḱ-to hew, fashion
nounmasculinea-stemthistleUsually considered to derive from pre-Germanic *(s)teyg- (‘to pierce, prick, be sharp’), though with superficial mechanical reasoning, with dubious though formally possibly succedent zero-grade *-sd- (‘sitting’), having acquired the Germanic suffix *-ilaz. Compare *mistilaz for the formation.Alternatively, Orel considers the word to be formed from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (‘to cut, fashion’) + *-elo- (the latter whence *-ilaz).