Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwal
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *hwalaz.
Noun
[edit]*hwal m[1]
- whale
- Synonym: *hwalafisk
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *hwal | |
| Genitive | *hwalas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hwal | *hwalō, *hwalōs |
| Accusative | *hwal | *hwalā |
| Genitive | *hwalas | *hwalō |
| Dative | *hwalē | *hwalum |
| Instrumental | *hwalu | *hwalum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50: “PWGmc *hwal”