Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mandalā

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 Late Latin amandula, amendula, amandola, from Latin amygdala.

Noun

*mandalā f

1. almond, almond tree

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mandalā
Genitive	*mandalōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mandalā	*mandalōn
Accusative	*mandalōn	*mandalōn
Genitive	*mandalōn	*mandalōnō
Dative	*mandalōn	*mandalōm, *mandalum
Instrumental	*mandalōn	*mandalōm, *mandalum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: mandala
  • Middle Low German: mandel, mandele
    • German Low German: Mandel
• Old Dutch: *mandala
  • Middle Dutch: mandel, amandel, amander, amandre (contaminated by Old French amandele)
    • Dutch: amandel
      • Afrikaans: amandel
      • → Kari'na: mantala
      • → Indonesian: amandel
      • → Papiamentu: amandel
      • → Sranan Tongo: amandra
        • → Caribbean Javanese: mandrah
• Old High German: mandala
  • German: Mandel
    • → Faroese: mandla
    • → Icelandic: mandla
    • → Kashubian: mandla
    • → Romansch: mandel
    • → Swedish: mandel
  • Yiddish: מאַנדל (mandl)