Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kelukô

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

• *kelkô
• *kelukaz, *kelkaz

Etymology

From *kelaz/*kelǭ +‎ *-(u)kô (diminutive suffix).

Noun

*kelukô m

1. (anatomy) the maw, gullet, pharynx

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *kelukô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kelukô	*kelukaniz
vocative	*kelukô	*kelukaniz
accusative	*kelukanų	*kelukanunz
genitive	*kelukiniz	*kelukanǫ̂
dative	*kelukini	*kelukammaz
instrumental	*kelukinē	*kelukammiz

Related terms

• *kelaz
• *kelǭ
• *kulukaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *keluk, *kelk (< *kelukaz)
  • ⇒ English: (dialectal) kelk, keck (“to belch, retch”, verb)
  • Old High German: keluh, kelah, kelh
    • Middle High German: kelch
      • Bavarian: Kelch, Kölch, Kööch
• Old Norse: *kjalkr (< *kelukaz)
  • >? Swedish: (dialectal) kälk (“pith”)
• Old Norse: kjalki
  • Icelandic: kjalki
  • Faroese: kjalki