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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
From Proto-Germanic *keulaz.
Noun
*keul m
- keel
- ship
Inflection
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Singular
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*keul
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| Genitive
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*keulas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*keul
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*keulō, *keulōs
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| Accusative
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*keul
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*keulā
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| Genitive
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*keulas
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*keulō
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| Dative
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*keulē
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*keulum
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| Instrumental
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*keulu
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*keulum
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Descendants
- Old English: ċēol
- >? Middle English: chiel, kele, keel (“small shipping vessel, lighter”) (possibly borrowed from Middle Dutch; displaced by *keluz (“keel”), via Old Norse)
- Old Frisian: *kiāl, *tziāl
- West Frisian: tjalk, tsjalk
- Old Saxon: kiol
- Middle Low German: kêl, kîl
- German Low German: Kiel (displaced by *keluz (“keel”), via Old Norse)
- Old Dutch: *kiol
- Middle Dutch: kiel
- Dutch: kiel (displaced by *keluz (“keel”), via Old Norse)
- Old High German: kiol, chiol
- Middle High German: kiel
- German: Kiel (obsolete, displaced by *keluz (“keel”), via Old Norse)