Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwehwlą
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Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlom (“wheel”). The plural *hweulō is from the Proto-Indo-European collective *kʷekʷléh₂ (“wheels”), and the neuter gender was likely back-formed from that.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*hwehwlą n
Inflection edit
The plural *hweulō descends from an Indo-European collective noun and shows the original Verner alternant *gw, which later became *w (represented by *u).
neuter a-stemDeclension of *hwehwlą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *hwehwlą | *hweulō | |
vocative | *hwehwlą | *hweulō | |
accusative | *hwehwlą | *hweulō | |
genitive | *hwehwlas, *hwihwlis | *hweulǫ̂ | |
dative | *hwihwlai | *hweulamaz | |
instrumental | *hwehwlō | *hweulamiz |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *hwehwl
- Old English: hweogl, hweogol, hweohl, hweowl, hweowol (from singular), hwēol (from plural *hweulō)
- Old Frisian: hwēl (in compounds), fiāl, tziāl
- Old Saxon: hwiol
- Old Dutch: *wiol
- Old High German: *wihil
- >? Middle High German: *wihel (possibly extinct as simplex)
- ⇒ Old High German: wihilstein; *wihilasca
- German: wihelstein; *wihelesche
- Old Norse: hvél (from singular), hjól (from plural *hweulō)