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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwalm

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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

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Etymology

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From earlier *kwalmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷolH-mos, from *gʷelH- (to stick, pierce, stab; pain, injury, death).

Noun

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*kwalm m[1]

  1. killing, murder

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *kwalm
Genitive *kwalmas
Singular Plural
Nominative *kwalm *kwalmō, *kwalmōs
Accusative *kwalm *kwalmā
Genitive *kwalmas *kwalmō
Dative *kwalmē *kwalmum
Instrumental *kwalmu *kwalmum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50:PWGmc *kwalm