Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kefrō
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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]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“to eat, chew”)[2], perhaps related to *kafl (“jaw”).
Noun
[edit]*kefrō m[2]
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine an-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *kefrō | |
| Genitive | *kifrini, *kefran | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *kefrō | *kefran |
| Accusative | *kefran | *kefran |
| Genitive | *kifrini, *kefran | *kefranō |
| Dative | *kifrini, *kefran | *kefrum |
| Instrumental | *kifrini, *kefran | *kefrum |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Käfer”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 346: “*kebra-/ōn”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kebra(n)-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 283: “A form *kafra- or *kabra- must nevertheless be reconstructed on the basis of OE ceafor.”