Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kol

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 *kulą.

Noun

*kol n

1. coal

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kol
Genitive	*kolas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kol	*kolu
Accusative	*kol	*kolu
Genitive	*kolas	*kolō
Dative	*kolē	*kolum
Instrumental	*kolu	*kolum

Derived terms

• *kolig
  • Old English: *coliġ (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *koligōn
    • Old English: *colgian (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• Old English: col
  • Middle English: col, cole
    • English: coal
    • Scots: col, coll
• Old Frisian: kole
  • Saterland Frisian: Cole, Koole
  • West Frisian: koal
• Old Saxon: *kol
  • Middle Low German: kole
    • German Low German: Kahl, Kaal
    • Plautdietsch: Kol
• Old Dutch: *kol
  • Middle Dutch: kole
    • Dutch: kool
      • Afrikaans: kool
      • Jersey Dutch: kôl
      • Negerhollands: kool
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: koro
      • → Chinese: 高麗 / 高丽, 高麗菜／高丽菜 (via Min Nan)
      • → Indonesian: kol
      • → Mahican: gónan
      • → Papiamentu: kolo
      • → Sranan Tongo: kolo
    • Limburgish: koeal
• Old High German: kol
  • Middle High German: kol
    • Cimbrian: kholl
    • German: Kohle
    • Luxembourgish: Kuel
    • Yiddish: קויל (koyl)