Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kolk

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 earlier *koluk, from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz.

Noun

*kolk m

1. a depression, hollow, well
2. (figurative) the pit of the stomach, gullet

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kolk
Genitive	*kolkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kolk	*kolkō, *kolkōs
Accusative	*kolk	*kolkā
Genitive	*kolkas	*kolkō
Dative	*kolkē	*kolkum
Instrumental	*kolku	*kolkum

Alternative reconstructions

• *koluk

Related terms

• *kelā
• *keluk

Descendants

• Old English: *colc
  • >? Middle English: colk
    • >? English: coke
    • ⇒? Middle English: colkenen (“to gasp, gulp”)
      • >? Scots: cowk (“to retch, vomit”)
• Old Frisian: kolk
  • Saterland Frisian: Kolk
  • West Frisian: kolk
• Old Saxon: *kolk
  • Middle Low German: kolk, kulk
    • German Low German: Kolk
    • → Middle High German: kolc
      • German: Kolk
        • ⇒ German: kolken (“to gulp”), (dialectal) kölken, kolksen (“to vomit”)
    • →⇒ Danish: kulke (“to swallow, gulp”)
• Old Dutch: *kolk
  • Middle Dutch: colc, culc, colck
    • Dutch: kolk
      • → English: kolk
    • ⇒ Dutch: kolken (“to belch”)