Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ampullā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ampulla (“ampoule”).

Noun

*ampullā f

1. flask, cruse

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ampullā
Genitive	*ampullōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ampullā	*ampullōn
Accusative	*ampullōn	*ampullōn
Genitive	*ampullōn	*ampullōnō
Dative	*ampullōn	*ampullōm, *ampullum
Instrumental	*ampullōn	*ampullōm, *ampullum

Descendants

• Old English: ampulle, ampelle, anpolle, anpole
  • Middle English: ampulle, ampolle (re-enforced by Oil French)
• Old Frisian: ampel, ompel
• Old Saxon: ampulla, amballa
  • Middle Low German: ampulle, appulle, appolle, apolle, apulle, pulle, polle
    • → Swedish: ampel
      • → Finnish: amppeli
• Old Dutch: *ampulla
  • Middle Dutch: ampulle, ampul (re-enforced by Oil French)
    • Dutch: ampul
• Old High German: ampulla, ampla
  • Middle High German: ampolle, ampulle, ampel
    • German: Ampel
      • → Swedish: ampel
        • → Finnish: amppeli