Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/labal

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin lābellum.

Noun

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*labal m[1]

  1. washbasin

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *labal
Genitive *labalas
Singular Plural
Nominative *labal *labalō, *labalōs
Accusative *labal *labalā
Genitive *labalas *labalō
Dative *labalē *labalum
Instrumental *labalu *labalum

Descendants

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  • Old English: læfel
  • Old High German: labal

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135:PWGmc *labal