Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/templ

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 Latin templum.

Noun

*templ n

1. temple

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*templ
Genitive	*templas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*templ	*templu
Accusative	*templ	*templu
Genitive	*templas	*templō
Dative	*templē	*templum
Instrumental	*templu	*templum

Descendants

• Old English: tempel, templ, tempil
  • Middle English: tempel, temple
    • English: temple
    • Scots: tempil, tempill, temple
• Old Saxon: tempal m
  • Middle Low German: tempel, temple
    • → Danish: tempel
    • → Swedish: tæmpel
      • Swedish: tempel
• Old Dutch: *tempal
  • Middle Dutch: tempel n or m
    • Dutch: tempel m
• Old High German: tempal
  • Middle High German: tempel n or m
    • German: Tempel m