Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kappellā

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Medieval Latin cappella (chapel).[1]

Noun

*kappellā f

  1. chapel

Inflection

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *kappellā
Genitive *kappellōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *kappellā *kappellōn
Accusative *kappellōn *kappellōn
Genitive *kappellōn *kappellōnō
Dative *kappellōn *kappellōm, *kappellum
Instrumental *kappellōn *kappellōm, *kappellum

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: kapelle
  • Old Saxon: *kapella
  • Old Dutch: *capella
    • Middle Dutch: capelle
      • Dutch: kapel
        • Afrikaans: kapel
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: kampele
        • Sranan Tongo: kapelka, kaperka
        • Indonesian: kapel
        • Papiamentu: kapèl, kapel
      • Limburgish: kepèl
  • Old High German: kappella, kapella

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “kapel”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN