Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/felgō

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

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pelǵʰ-, cognate with Russian по́лоз (póloz, “skid, runner”). Alternatively, it could be connected with Proto-Germanic *felhaną (“to go, proceed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸel.ɣɔː/

Noun

*felgō f

1. felly, outer rim of a wheel

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *felgō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*felgō	*felgôz
vocative	*felgō	*felgôz
accusative	*felgǭ	*felgōz
genitive	*felgōz	*felgǫ̂
dative	*felgōi	*felgōmaz
instrumental	*felgō	*felgōmiz

Descendants

• Old English: felg, fielg; felġe (< *felgǭ)
  • Middle English: felȝe, felwe, fely
    • Scots: fely
    • English: felly, felloe
• Old Frisian: *felg; *felge
  • Saterland Frisian: Feelge
  • West Frisian: felling
• Old Saxon: felga
  • Middle Low German: velge
    • → Danish: fælg, fælge
      • → Icelandic: felga
      • → Faroese: felga
    • → Swedish: fälg (possibly from German Felge; see below)
• Old Dutch: *felga
  • Middle Dutch: velge
    • Dutch: velg
• Old High German: felga
  • Middle High German: vëlge
    • German: Felge
      • → Polish: felga
      • → Serbo-Croatian: felga
    • Luxembourgish: Felg

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN