Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/cibollā

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin cibolla, cipolla, from Late Latin cēpulla (“small onion”).^[1]^[2]

Noun edit

*cibollā f

(Continental) onion
Synonyms: *unnjā, *unnjalauk

Inflection edit

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*cibollā
Genitive	*cibollōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*cibollā	*cibollōn
Accusative	*cibollōn	*cibollōn
Genitive	*cibollōn	*cibollōnō
Dative	*cibollōn	cibollōm, cibollum
Instrumental	*cibollōn	cibollōm, cibollum

Alternative reconstructions edit

*cipollā

Descendants edit

Old Frisian: *tsipel, *sipel
- West Frisian: sipel
Old Saxon: *zibolla, *zipolla
- Middle Low German: zwīvel, zwīwel, zwībel, sipolle, tzipolle, cipolla
  - German Low German: Zipolle, (Altmärkisch) Zippoll, (Dortmundisch) Ziepel, (East Westphalian, Sauerländisch) Süipel, (Sauerländisch) Seypel, Zeypel, Züpel, (Westmünsterländisch) Siepel
  - → Saterland Frisian: Siepel
  - → Old Swedish: sipul
    - → Estonian: sibul
    - → Finnish: sipuli
    - → Votic: sipuli
Old Dutch: *cibolla, *cipolla
- Middle Dutch: chibole, sipolle, tzipolle
  - Dutch: siepel
  - → Latvian: sīpols
Old High German: zwibollo, zibollo, zibolla, cibolla
- Middle High German: zwibolle, zibolle
  - Central Franconian: Zwiewel
    Hunsrik: Zwiwel
    Transylvanian Saxon: Zpibel
  - German: Zwiebel
  - Luxembourgish: Zwiwwel
  - Vilamovian: cwypuł
  - Yiddish: ציבעלע (tsibele)

References edit

^ Franck, Johannes (1936) “siepel”, in N. van Wijk, editor, Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 2nd edition, The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff
^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “siepel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[1] Franck, Johannes (1936) “siepel”, in N. van Wijk, editor, Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 2nd edition, The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff

[2] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “siepel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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