Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kūlǭ

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

Alternative forms

*keulǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gewlo-, from the root *gew-, *gēw- (“to bend, curve, arch, buckle”) + *-los (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?). Doublet of *keulaz, *keluz, and *kūliz.

Noun

*kūlǭ f

bump
hole

Inflection

Declension of *kūlǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kūlǭ	*kūlōniz
vocative	*kūlǭ	*kūlōniz
accusative	*kūlōnų	*kūlōnunz
genitive	*kūlōniz	*kūlōnǫ̂
dative	*kūlōni	*kūlōmaz
instrumental	*kūlōnē	*kūlōmiz

Derived terms

*kiulijǭ

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kūlā
- Old Saxon: *kūla
  - Middle Low German: kûle
    - German Low German: Kuhle, Kuhl
    - → German: Kuhle
    - → Danish: kule (“hole”)
    - → Swedish: kula (“hole”)^[1]
- Old Dutch: *kūla, cūla (attested in placenames)
  - Middle Dutch: cule, cuul, cuyl
    - Dutch: kuil
      - Afrikaans: kuil
- Old High German: *kūla
  - Middle High German: kūle
    - German: Kaule
    - Luxembourgish: Kaul
Old Norse: kúla
- Icelandic: kúla
- Faroese: kúla
- Old Swedish: kūla
  - Swedish: kula (“bump”)^[1]
- Danish: kule (“bump”)

Related terms

*kūlō
*kūlô

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hellquist, Elof (1922) Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag

[seo-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hellquist, Elof (1922) Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag

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