Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habulō

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.

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Proto-West Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

• *hafulō
• *habalō, *hafalō
• *habilō, *hafilō
• *hablō, *haflō

Etymology

Uncertain, but apparently from the same Proto-Indo-European or substrate root *kap- (“head”) as found in the synonym *habud/*haubid; possibly from Proto-Germanic *habulô, from Proto-Indo-European *káp-wl̥; or from Proto-Germanic *habalô, from *káp-ol-, in that case identical to Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la, “skull; bowl”).

Noun

*habulō m

1. head

   Synonyms: *hafud, *haubid, *haubud

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*habulō
Genitive	*habulini, *habulan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*habulō	*habulan
Accusative	*habulan	*habulan
Genitive	*habulini, *habulan	*habulanō
Dative	*habulini, *habulan	*habulum
Instrumental	*habulini, *habulan	*habulum

Descendants

• Old English: hafela, hafala, heafola, heafela, hafola
• Old Frisian: heila, holla
  • North Frisian: hel
  • West Frisian: holle