Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kunilā

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 Vulgar Latin *quenela and Latin conīla, conela, cunela.

Noun

*kunilā f

1. wild thyme, savory

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kunilā
Genitive	*kunilōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kunilā	*kunilōn
Accusative	*kunilōn	*kunilōn
Genitive	*kunilōn	*kunilōnō
Dative	*kunilōn	*kunilōm, *kunilum
Instrumental	*kunilōn	*kunilōm, *kunilum

Alternative forms

• *konulā, *kwenelā

Descendants

• Old English: cunele, cunelle, cunille
  • Middle English: cunel
• Old Saxon: kunila, konula, konnela, konele, kwenela, quenela, quenula
  • Middle Low German: kȫnele, konele, könnele, künele, kölle, quēnel
    • Low German: Kölle, Külle
• Old Dutch: *quenela, *quenla
  • Middle Dutch: cuelne, *quenle, quendel
    • Dutch: keule, (archaic) cuele
    • Dutch: kwendel, (archaic) quendel, quenel
    • → Swedish: kyndel
      • → Finnish: kynteli
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: kyndel
• Old High German: quenela, quenela, quenala, konila, konul, konala, kunila, kunala, quenila, quonila
  • Middle High German: quenil, quenel, quennel, quennele, quendel, kundel
    • German: Quendel