Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pendul

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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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Borrowed from a Medieval Latin pendulum (“something hanging, pendant, penis”) and influenced in meaning by pēniculus (“small tail, penis, brush”).[1][2]

Noun

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*pendul m

  1. tail, penis
  2. bush

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *pendul
Genitive *pendulas
Singular Plural
Nominative *pendul *pendulō, *pendulōs
Accusative *pendul *pendulā
Genitive *pendulas *pendulō
Dative *pendulē *pendulum
Instrumental *pendulu *pendulum

Alternative reconstructions

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  • *pintil, *pindil

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (2017) “pfendil*”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (in German), volume VI: mâda - pûzza, Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 1396-1397
  2. ^ "Pendel" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)
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