Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwal

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

From Proto-Germanic *hwalaz.

Noun

*hwal m

1. whale

   Synonym: *hwalafisk

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwal
Genitive	*hwalas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwal	*hwalō, *hwalōs
Accusative	*hwal	*hwalā
Genitive	*hwalas	*hwalō
Dative	*hwalē	*hwalum
Instrumental	*hwalu	*hwalum

Derived terms

• *hwalafisk

Descendants

• Old English: hwæl
  • Middle English: whale, hwæl, qual, whal, swale, quall, quale, whaale, whalle, qwayll, wale, qwall, qwalle
    • English: whale
    • Scots: whaul
• Old Saxon: hwal
  • Middle Low German: wal
    • Low German: Waal
• Old Dutch: *wal
  • Middle Dutch: wal
    • Dutch: wal
• Old High German: wal
  • Middle High German: wal
    • German: Wal
      • → Estonian: vaal
      • → Luxembourgish: Wal