Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fellą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *pelnóm, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“skin, hide; to cover, wrap”). Cognate with Latin pellis (“skin”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸel.lɑ̃/

Noun

*fellą n

  1. skin, hide

Inflection

Declension of *fellą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fellą *fellō
vocative *fellą *fellō
accusative *fellą *fellō
genitive *fellas, *fillis *fellǫ̂
dative *fellai *fellamaz
instrumental *fellō *fellamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fella-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135
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