Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fakkulā

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 Vulgar Latin *faccula, from Latin facula.

Noun

*fakkulā f

1. torch

   Synonyms: *blasā, *brand

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fakkulā
Genitive	*fakkulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fakkulā	*fakkulōn
Accusative	*fakkulōn	*fakkulōn
Genitive	*fakkulōn	*fakkulōnō
Dative	*fakkulōn	*fakkulōm, *fakkulum
Instrumental	*fakkulōn	*fakkulōm, *fakkulum

Descendants

• Old English: fæcele
• Old Saxon: fakla
  • Middle Low German: fackele, fackel
    • German Low German: Fackel
    • → Danish: fakkel
    • → Norwegian: fakkel
• Old Dutch: *fackala
  • Middle Dutch: fackele, fackel
    • Dutch: fakkel
      • Afrikaans: fackel
• Old High German: fackala, fackla, fakkila, fackula
  • Middle High German: vackel, fackel
    • Alemannic German: Fachele
    • German: Fackel (see there for further descendants)
    • Luxembourgish: Fakel
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Fackel

    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: бакља

      Latin script: baklja

    • → Slovak: fakľa
    • → Slovene: bakla