Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wolkn
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wulkną.
Noun
edit*wolkn n[1]
Inflection
editNeuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *wolkn | |
Genitive | *wolknas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *wolkn | *wolknu |
Accusative | *wolkn | *wolknu |
Genitive | *wolknas | *wolknō |
Dative | *wolknē | *wolknum |
Instrumental | *wolknu | *wolknum |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: wolcn, weolcen, wolc, wolcen
- Old Frisian: wolken, wulken, ulken
- Old Saxon: wolkan, wolcan
- Old Dutch: uulcun, wulkon
- Middle Dutch: wolken
- Old High German: wolkan, wolcan
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*wolkn”