Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kelǭ

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

*kelaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₁- (“to swallow; throat”). Cognate with Latin gula (“throat”), Ancient Greek δέλεαρ (délear, “decoy, bait”), Old Armenian կլանեմ (klanem, “to swallow”),^[1] as well as perhaps Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow, gulp”), Persian (galu, “throat”), Hindi गला (galā, “neck, throat”). The phonetic and semantic similarity of the root to Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour, eat”) is notable, though difficult to reconcile formally.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈke.lɔ̃ː/

Noun

*kelǭ f^[1]^[2]

throat

Inflection

Declension of *kelǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kelǭ	*kelōniz
vocative	*kelǭ	*kelōniz
accusative	*kelōnų	*kelōnunz
genitive	*kelōniz	*kelōnǫ̂
dative	*kelōni	*kelōmaz
instrumental	*kelōnē	*kelōmiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kelā
- Old English: ċeole, ċiole
  - Middle English: chel, cholle, joll
    - English: jowl
    - Scots: chowl, choul
- Old Frisian: *kele
  - Saterland Frisian: Kääle
  - West Frisian: kiel
  - ⇒ Old Frisian: kolk
    - Saterland Frisian: Kolk
    - West Frisian: kolcke
- Old Saxon: kela
  - Middle Low German: kēle, keele
    - German Low German: Kehl
- Old Dutch: kela
  - Middle Dutch: kēle
    - Dutch: keel
      - Afrikaans: keel
      - Negerhollands: keel
    - Limburgish: kael
- Old High German: kela, chela
  - Middle High German: kële, kël
    - Cimbrian: khéela
    - German: Kehle
Old Norse: *kjala
- ⇒ Elfdalian: grą̊-tjyölu
→ Proto-Samic: *kielō (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *këlo (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kelōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284: “f. ‘throat’”
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*keluz ~ *kelōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212: “sb.m./f.”

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kelōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284: “f. ‘throat’”

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*keluz ~ *kelōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212: “sb.m./f.”

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