Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kumil

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 *kumī +‎ *-il.

Noun

*kumil m

1. caraway, cumin (seed)

   Synonyms: *kumī, *kumīn

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kumil
Genitive	*kumilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kumil	*kumilō, *kumilōs
Accusative	*kumil	*kumilā
Genitive	*kumilas	*kumilō
Dative	*kumilē	*kumilum
Instrumental	*kumilu	*kumilum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *kumil
  • Middle Low German: kȫmel, kömmel
    • Low German: Kömel
• Old High German: kumil
  • Middle High German: kumel, kümel
    • German: Kümmel, Kümm, Kümmich (obsolete)
      • → Luxembourgish: Kümmel, Kimmel
      • → Dutch: kummel
      • → English: Kimmel
      • → Serbo-Croatian:

        Cyrillic script: кимељ

        Latin script: kimelj

      • → Slovene: kímelj
      • → Lower Sorbian: kimjel
      • → Upper Sorbian: kimjelčka