Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/welō
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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
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *welô.
Noun
[edit]*welō m[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine an-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *welō | |
| Genitive | *wilini, *welan | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *welō | *welan |
| Accusative | *welan | *welan |
| Genitive | *wilini, *welan | *welanō |
| Dative | *wilini, *welan | *welum |
| Instrumental | *wilini, *welan | *welum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: wela, weala — Northumbrian, weola — West Saxon, wala
- Old Saxon: welo
- Old Dutch: *welo
- Middle Dutch: wele
- Old High German: welo, wolo; wela f, wola f, wala f
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 325: “PWGmc *welō”