Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/halsaberg

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

Possibly a masculine variant of *halsabergu. Alternatively from Proto-Germanic *halsabergaz.

Noun

*halsaberg m

1. neck-covering armour

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*halsaberg
Genitive	*halsabergas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*halsaberg	*halsabergō, *halsabergōs
Accusative	*halsaberg	*halsabergā
Genitive	*halsabergas	*halsabergō
Dative	*halsabergē	*halsabergum
Instrumental	*halsabergu	*halsabergum

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *halsberg
  • Middle Dutch: halsberch
    • Dutch: halsberg
• Old High German: halsberg
• → Medieval Latin: alsbergum (see there for further descendants)