Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fellą

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

From pre-Germanic *pelnóm, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“skin, hide; to cover, wrap”). Cognate with Latin pellis (“skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸel.lɑ̃/

Noun

*fellą n

1. skin, hide

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *fellą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fellą	*fellō
vocative	*fellą	*fellō
accusative	*fellą	*fellō
genitive	*fellas, *fillis	*fellǫ̂
dative	*fellai	*fellamaz
instrumental	*fellō	*fellamiz

Derived terms

• *fillīnaz

Related terms

• *felma-

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fell
  • Old English: fell
    • Middle English: felle, fell
      • Scots: fell
      • English: fell
  • Old Frisian: fel
    • West Frisian: fel
  • Old Saxon: fel
    • Middle Low German: vel
  • Old Dutch: fel
    • Middle Dutch: vel
      • Dutch: vel
        • Afrikaans: vel
        • Jersey Dutch: vääl
        • Negerhollands: vel, fel
        • → Indonesian: pel
  • Old High German: fel
    • Middle High German: vël
      • German: Fell
• Old Norse: fell, fjall
  • Icelandic: fell, fjall
  • Old Swedish: fiæl
    • Swedish: fjäll
• Old Norse: filla
  • Icelandic: filla
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fille
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fille
• ⇒ Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌹 (faurafilli)