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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *faccula, from Latin facula.
Noun
*fakkulā f
- torch
- Synonyms: *blasā, *brand
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*fakkulā
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| Genitive
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*fakkulōn
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*fakkulā
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*fakkulōn
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| Accusative
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*fakkulōn
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*fakkulōn
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| Genitive
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*fakkulōn
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*fakkulōnō
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| Dative
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*fakkulōn
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*fakkulōm, *fakkulum
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| Instrumental
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*fakkulōn
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*fakkulōm, *fakkulum
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Descendants
- Old English: fæcele
- Old Saxon: fakla
- Middle Low German: fackele, fackel
- Old Dutch: *fackala
- Middle Dutch: fackele, fackel
- Old High German: fackala, fackla, fakkila, fackula
- Middle High German: vackel, fackel
- Alemannic German: Fachele
- German: Fackel (see there for further descendants)
- Luxembourgish: Fakel
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: Fackel
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: бакља
- Latin script: baklja
- → Slovak: fakľa
- → Slovene: bakla