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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwalu

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 *kwalō.

Noun

*kwalu f[1]

  1. torture

Inflection
ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *kwalu
Genitive *kwalā
Singular Plural
Nominative *kwalu *kwalō
Accusative *kwalā *kwalā
Genitive *kwalā *kwalō
Dative *kwalē *kwalōm, *kwalum
Instrumental *kwalu *kwalōm, *kwalum

Alternative forms

Descendants
  • Old English: cwalu
    • Middle English: qual

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50: “*kwalu”
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