Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwelp

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 Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz.

Noun

*hwelp m

1. whelp, pup

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwelp
Genitive	*hwelpas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwelp	*hwelpō, *hwelpōs
Accusative	*hwelp	*hwelpā
Genitive	*hwelpas	*hwelpō
Dative	*hwelpē	*hwelpum
Instrumental	*hwelpu	*hwelpum

Descendants

• Old English: hwelp
  • Middle English: whelp
    • Scots: whalp, whaulp
    • English: whelp
• Old Frisian: *hwelp
  • West Frisian: welp
• Old Saxon: hwelp
  • Middle Low German: welp, welpe
    • German Low German: Welpe
      • → German: Welpe, Welp
• Old Dutch: welp
  • Middle Dutch: welp
    • Dutch: welp
• Old High German: hwelf, welpf, welph, welf
  • Middle High German: wëlp, wëlf
    • German: Welf