< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic

Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kabl

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 Proto-Germanic *kablaz (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“branch”).

Noun

*kabl m[1]

  1. stick, rod
    Synonyms: *galgō, *mast, *rōdu, *skaft, *spalu, *spīrā, *staur, *stokk
  2. lot
    Synonyms: *hlaut, *hlot, *tain

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *kabl
Genitive *kablas
Singular Plural
Nominative *kabl *kablō, *kablōs
Accusative *kabl *kablā
Genitive *kablas *kablō
Dative *kablē *kablum
Instrumental *kablu *kablum

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: *kaval; *kavala f
    • Middle Low German: kāvele, kāvel
      • → German: Kabel (dialectal)
  • Old Dutch: *cavela

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kabla/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 276–277
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.