Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kōlī

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 *kōl(ī) (“cold”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*kōlī f

1. coldness, coolness

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kōlī
Genitive	*kōlīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kōlī	—
Accusative	*kōlīn	—
Genitive	*kōlīn	—
Dative	*kōlīn	—
Instrumental	*kōlīn	—

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *kōlī
  • Middle Low German: *köle
    • Low German: Köle
• Old Dutch: *kuoli
  • Middle Dutch: coele
• Old High German: kuolī, choͧle, chuele, chuile, chuilī, chulī, chuͦle, chuolī, cuole
  • Middle High German: chůle, küele, kůli
    • Alemannic German: Chüeli
    • Cimbrian: khüule
    • German: Kühle
    • Pennsylvania German: Kiehle