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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 earlier *koluk, from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz.
Noun
*kolk m
- a depression, hollow, well
- (figurative) the pit of the stomach, gullet
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*kolk
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| Genitive
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*kolkas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*kolk
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*kolkō, *kolkōs
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| Accusative
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*kolk
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*kolkā
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| Genitive
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*kolkas
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*kolkō
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| Dative
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*kolkē
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*kolkum
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| Instrumental
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*kolku
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*kolkum
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Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
- Old English: *colc
- >? Middle English: colk
- >? English: coke
- ⇒? Middle English: colkenen (“to gasp, gulp”)
- >? Scots: cowk (“to retch, vomit”)
- Old Frisian: kolk
- Saterland Frisian: Kolk
- West Frisian: kolk
- Old Saxon: *kolk
- Middle Low German: kolk, kulk
- German Low German: Kolk
- → Middle High German: kolc
- German: Kolk
- ⇒ German: kolken (“to gulp”), (dialectal) kölken, kolksen (“to vomit”)
- →⇒ Danish: kulke (“to swallow, gulp”)
- Old Dutch: *kolk
- Middle Dutch: colc, culc, colck