Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwahtlā

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

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Germanic *hwahtlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂, from *kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- (“to flee”), cognate with Latin quaccola (“quail”), cocturnīx, cōturnīx (“quail”). Perhaps related to Old Norse *hvekka (“to be startled”), Latin conquinīscō (“to crouch down”), Proto-Slavic *čeznǫti (“to disappear”). Apparently reborrowed from Latin as *kwattulā.

Noun

*hwahtlā f

1. quail

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwahtlā
Genitive	*hwahtlōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwahtlā	*hwahtlōn
Accusative	*hwahtlōn	*hwahtlōn
Genitive	*hwahtlōn	*hwahtlōnō
Dative	*hwahtlōn	*hwahtlōm, *hwahtlum
Instrumental	*hwahtlōn	*hwahtlōm, *hwahtlum

Alternative reconstructions

• *kwattulā

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *hwahtula
  • Middle Low German: wachtele
    • → Danish: vagtel
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: vaktel
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: vaktel
    • → Swedish: vaktel
• Old High German: wahtila, wahtula, wahtala
  • Middle High German: wahtel, wachtel
    • German: Wachtel
• → Late Latin: quaccola (see there for further descendants)

From *kwattulā:

• Old Saxon: kwattula, quatula
• Old Dutch: *kwattula
  • Middle Dutch: quattel, quattele
    • Dutch: kwartel
      • Afrikaans: kwartel
• Old High German: kwattala, kwahtila, kwattula, quattala