Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kalk

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin calcem, accusative of calx (lime).[1][2]

Noun

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*kalk m

  1. lime, limestone

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *kalk
Genitive *kalkas
Singular Plural
Nominative *kalk *kalkō, *kalkōs
Accusative *kalk *kalkā
Genitive *kalkas *kalkō
Dative *kalkē *kalkum
Instrumental *kalku *kalkum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “kalk”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Miller, D. Gary (2012 June 13) “Early loanwords from Latin and Greek”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 4.5, page 65.