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Proto-West Germanic
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Etymology
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Borrowed from Latin caulis , caulus ( “ stalk, stem; cabbage ” ) .
*kauli m
cabbage , colewort
Inflection
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i -stem
Singular
Nominative
*kauli
Genitive
*kaulī
Singular
Plural
Nominative
*kauli
*kaulī
Accusative
*kauli
*kaulī
Genitive
*kaulī
*kaulijō
Dative
*kaulī
*kaulim , *kaulijum
Instrumental
*kaulī
*kaulim , *kaulijum
Alternative reconstructions
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Descendants
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Old English: cāwel , cāwl , cāul , cāl
Old Frisian: *kāl ( likely borrowed )
Saterland Frisian: Kool
West Frisian: koal
Old Saxon: kōli , kōl
Middle Low German: kôl , koel , koil , kohl , kohel
German Low German:
Märkisch (Altmärkisch), Westphalian (South Westphalian): Kaol
Westphalian:
Bentheimisch: Koal ( Grafschaft )
Sauerländisch (Assinghausen, Eslohe, Felbecke), East Westphalian (Lipp): Kaul
Sauerländisch: Käol , Keyel ( Niedersfeld ) , Koul ( Attendorn, Drolshagen ) , Köel ( Wenden )
Westmünsterländisch: Kool
East Westphalian: Käul ( Ravensberg )
Old Dutch: *kōli , *kōl
Old High German: kōli , kōl m , kōla f