Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kūlǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *keulǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gewlo-, from the root *gew-, *gēw- (“to bend, curve, arch, buckle”) + *-los (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?). Doublet of *keulaz, *keluz, and *kūliz.

Noun

*kūlǭ f

1. bump
2. hole

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *kūlǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kūlǭ	*kūlōniz
vocative	*kūlǭ	*kūlōniz
accusative	*kūlōnų	*kūlōnunz
genitive	*kūlōniz	*kūlōnǫ̂
dative	*kūlōni	*kūlōmaz
instrumental	*kūlōnē	*kūlōmiz

Derived terms

• *kiulijǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kūlā
  • Old Saxon: *kūla
    • Middle Low German: kûle
      • German Low German: Kuhle, Kuhl
      • → German: Kuhle
      • → Danish: kule (“hole”)
      • → Swedish: kula (“hole”)
  • Old Dutch: *kūla, cūla (attested in placenames)
    • Middle Dutch: cule, cuul, cuyl
      • Dutch: kuil
  • Old High German: *kūla
    • Middle High German: kūle
      • German: Kaule
      • Luxembourgish: Kaul
• Old Norse: kúla
  • Icelandic: kúla
  • Faroese: kúla
  • Old Swedish: kūla
    • Swedish: kula (“bump”)
  • Danish: kule (“bump”)

Related terms

• *kūlō
• *kūlô