Reconstruction:Old Dutch/capella

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kappellā, which is a borrowing from Early Medieval Latin cappella (“chapel”). It is only attested in toponyms.

Noun

*capella f

1. chapel

Inflection

Declension of *capella (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*capella	*capella, *capellon
accusative	*capella, *capellon	*capella, *capellon
genitive	*capellon	*capellono
dative	*capellon	*capellon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: capelle
  • Dutch: kapel
    • Afrikaans: kapel
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: kampele
    • → Indonesian: kapel
    • → Papiamentu: kapèl, kapel
    • → Sranan Tongo: kapelka
  • Limburgish: kepèl

References

• “kapella”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012