Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwalljā
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to drip; to well”). Cognate with Sanskrit गलति (galati, “to drip”), Hittite [Term?] (/ku(wa)liya-/, “to flow (calmly), to be calm”).
Noun edit
*kwalljā f[1]
Inflection edit
ōn-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *kwalljā | |
Genitive | *kwalljōn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *kwalljā | *kwalljōn |
Accusative | *kwalljōn | *kwalljōn |
Genitive | *kwalljōn | *kwalljōnō |
Dative | *kwalljōn | *kwalljōm, *kwalljum |
Instrumental | *kwalljōn | *kwalljōm, *kwalljum |
Alternative reconstructions edit
- *kwellā[1]
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: *cwiella, cwylla
- Old Saxon: kwella, quella
- Old Dutch: *kwella
- Old High German: kwella, quella
- Middle High German: quelle
- ⇒ Old High German: brunkwella, brunquella, brunkulle
- Middle High German: brunnenquelle
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Seebold, Elmar (1970) “KWELL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 314: “kwell-ōn; kwall-jōn”