Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kappellā

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 Medieval Latin cappella (“chapel”).

Noun

*kappellā f

1. chapel

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kappellā
Genitive	*kappellōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kappellā	*kappellōn
Accusative	*kappellōn	*kappellōn
Genitive	*kappellōn	*kappellōnō
Dative	*kappellōn	*kappellōm, *kappellum
Instrumental	*kappellōn	*kappellōm, *kappellum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: kapelle
  • West Frisian: kapel
• Old Saxon: *kapella
  • Middle Low German: kabel
    • → Estonian: kabel
  • → Old Norse: kapella
    • Danish: kapel
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kapell
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kapell
    • Old Swedish: cappell
      • Swedish: kapell
        • → Finnish: kappeli
• Old Dutch: *capella
  • Middle Dutch: capelle
    • Dutch: kapel
      • Afrikaans: kapel
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: kampele
      • → Indonesian: kapel
      • → Papiamentu: kapèl, kapel
      • → Sranan Tongo: kapelka
    • Limburgish: kepèl
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: Westcapella
• Old High German: kappella, kapella
  • Middle High German: kappelle, kapelle, kappel
    • German: Kapelle