Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/diubul
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin diabolus (“devil”).
Noun edit
*diubul m[1]
Inflection edit
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *diubul | |
Genitive | *diubulas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *diubul | *diubulō, *diubulōs |
Accusative | *diubul | *diubulā |
Genitive | *diubulas | *diubulō |
Dative | *diubulē | *diubulum |
Instrumental | *diubulu | *diubulum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: dēofol, dēoful, dīoful, dīofol
- Old Frisian: diōvel
- Old Saxon: diuval
- Old Dutch: diuval
- Old High German: tiufal
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *diubul”