Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kelǭ
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *gel-, *gʷel- (“to swallow; throat”).
Cognate with Latin gula (“throat”), Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow, gulp”), Old Armenian կլանեմ (klanem, “to swallow”), Persian گلو (galu, “throat”), Hindi गला (galā, “neck, throat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Inflection edit
| ōn-stemDeclension of *kelǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *kelǭ | *kelōniz | |
| vocative | *kelǭ | *kelōniz | |
| accusative | *kelōnų | *kelōnunz | |
| genitive | *kelōniz | *kelōnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *kelōni | *kelōmaz | |
| instrumental | *kelōnē | *kelōmiz | |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *kelā
- Old Norse: *kjala
- ⇒ Elfdalian: grą̊-tjyölu
- → Southern Sami: gealoe
- → Proto-Finnic: *këlo (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kelōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284: “f. ‘throat’”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*keluz ~ *kelōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 212: “sb.m./f.”