Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kelā

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 *kelǭ.

Noun

*kelā f

1. throat

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kelā
Genitive	*kelōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kelā	*kelōn
Accusative	*kelōn	*kelōn
Genitive	*kelōn	*kelōnō
Dative	*kelōn	*kelōm, *kelum
Instrumental	*kelōn	*kelōm, *kelum

Descendants

• Old English: ċeole, ċiole
  • Middle English: chel, cholle, joll
    • English: jowl
    • Scots: chowl, choul
• Old Frisian: *kele
  • Saterland Frisian: Kääle
  • West Frisian: kiel
  • ⇒ Old Frisian: kolk
    • Saterland Frisian: Kolk
    • West Frisian: kolcke
• Old Saxon: kela
  • Middle Low German: kēle, keele
    • German Low German: Kehl
• Old Dutch: kela
  • Middle Dutch: kēle
    • Dutch: keel
      • Afrikaans: keel
      • Negerhollands: keel
    • Limburgish: kael
• Old High German: kela, chela
  • Middle High German: kële, kël
    • Cimbrian: khéela
    • German: Kehle