Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwelbaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Alternative reconstructions edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to bend”), with -b- instead of -f- due to influence from either the adjective or causative.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*hwelbaną[2]
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *hwelbaną (strong class 3)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Due to the effects of umlaut, present-tense descendants of this verb are often indistinguishable from those of the weak causative *hwalbijaną. This is probably what led to the strong verb's disappearance as well.
- Old Dutch: *welvan
- Old High German: *welban
- Old Norse: *hvelfa (only the past participle holfinn is attested)
- Norwegian: kvelva