Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kurnil

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *korn (“grain”) +‎ *-il.

Noun edit

*kurnil m

(Anglo-Frisian Germanic) kernel of a nut
(Anglo-Frisian Germanic) grain

Inflection edit

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kurnil
Genitive	*kurnilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kurnil	kurnilō, kurnilōs
Accusative	*kurnil	*kurnilā
Genitive	*kurnilas	*kurnilō
Dative	*kurnilē	*kurnilum
Instrumental	*kurnilu	*kurnilum

Descendants edit

Old English: cyrnel, cyrnl, cirnel
- Middle English: kernel, cernel, curnel, kernell, kirnel, karnel, kurnel, kurnele, kyrnel, kyrnell, cornel
  - English: kernel
  - Scots: kirnel; churnel
Old Frisian: kernel
- Saterland Frisian: Koarel
Old Saxon: *kurnil
- Middle Low German: kornelle
  - German Low German: Körrel
Old Dutch: *kurnil
- Middle Dutch: carnel, kernel, carneel, kerneel
  - Dutch: kernel (dialectal)
  - ⇒ Middle Dutch: carnelekijn, carnellekijn