Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mantel

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 Latin mantellum, from mantum (“Spanish cloak”) +‎ -ellum (diminutive suffix).

Noun

*mantel m

1. mantle, sleeveless cloak

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mantel
Genitive	*mantelas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mantel	*mantelō, *mantelōs
Accusative	*mantel	*mantelā
Genitive	*mantelas	*mantelō
Dative	*mantelē	*mantelum
Instrumental	*mantelu	*mantelum

Alternative reconstructions

• *mantil, *mantul

Descendants

• Old English: mæntel, mentel
  • Middle English: mantel, mantell, mantelle, mantil, mantill, mantyll, mantle, mantyl, mentel
    • English: mantle, mantel
    • Scots: mantle, mantel; manteel
• Old Frisian: mantel, mentel
  • West Frisian: mantel
• Old Saxon: *mantul, *mantal
  • Middle Low German: mantel
    • → Estonian: mantel
  • → Old Norse: mǫttull, *mantull
    • Faroese: møttul
    • Icelandic: möttull
    • Old Swedish: mantol
    • → Middle Irish: matal, mattal
      • Irish: matal
• Old Dutch: *mantal
  • Middle Dutch: mantel
    • Dutch: mantel
      • Afrikaans: mantel
      • Negerhollands: mantel
      • Petjo: mantel
      • → Caribbean Javanese: mantel
      • → Indonesian: mantel
      • → Papiamentu: mantel
• Old High German: mantal
  • Middle High German: mantel, mandel
    • German: Mantel
      • → Kashubian: mańtel
      • → Norwegian: mantel
      • → Polish: mantel
      • → Silesian: mantel
      • → Swedish: mantel
    • Hunsrik: Mantel
    • Luxembourgish: Mantel