Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kōlī

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 *kōl(ī) (“cold”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*kōlī f

coldness, coolness

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kōlī
Genitive	*kōlīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kōlī	—
Accusative	*kōlīn	—
Genitive	*kōlīn	—
Dative	*kōlīn	—
Instrumental	*kōlīn	—

Descendants

Old Saxon: *kōlī
- Middle Low German: *köle
  - Low German: Köle
Old Dutch: *kuoli
- Middle Dutch: coele
Old High German: kuolī, choͧle, chuele, chuile, chuilī, chulī, chuͦle, chuolī, cuole
- Middle High German: chůle, küele, kůli
  - Alemannic German: Chüeli
  - Cimbrian: khüule
  - German: Kühle
  - Pennsylvania German: Kiehle