Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/burgislī

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

From *burgijan (“to bury in a mound”) +‎ *-islī.

Noun

*burgislī n

(North Sea Germanic) tomb, burial

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*burgislī
Genitive	*burgislijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*burgislī	*burgisliju
Accusative	*burgislī	*burgisliju
Genitive	*burgislijas	*burgislijō
Dative	*burgislijē	*burgislijum
Instrumental	*burgisliju	*burgislijum

Descendants

Old English: byrġels
- Middle English: beriel, buriel, biriel, buriels, biriels; beriall, bereall, beryell
  - English: burial
  - Scots: buirial
Old Saxon: burgisli

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