Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kollārī

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin collāre, collārium (“gorget, collar”).^[1]

Noun

*kollārī m

gorget
Synonym: *halsabergu
collar

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kollārī
Genitive	*kollārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kollārī	kollārijō, kollārijōs
Accusative	*kollārī	*kollārijā
Genitive	*kollārijas	*kollārijō
Dative	*kollārijē	*kollārijum
Instrumental	*kollāriju	*kollārijum

Descendants

Old Saxon: kolliri (“buff coat, gorget”)
- Middle Low German: koller, köller, kolder, kollert
  - German Low German: Köster
Old Dutch: *kollāri
- Middle Dutch: kolre, koller (“collar, cuirass”)
  - Dutch: kolder, (archaic) culder
Old High German: kollāri, kollari, kollīri (“collar, gorget”)
- Middle High German: kolre, koller
  - German: Koller (see there for further descendants)

References

^ van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) “kolder¹”, in Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN

[1] van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) “kolder¹”, in Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN

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