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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 *korn (“grain”) + *-il.
Noun
*kurnil m
- (Anglo-Frisian) kernel of a nut
- (Anglo-Frisian) grain
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*kurnil
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| Genitive
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*kurnilas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*kurnil
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*kurnilō, *kurnilōs
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| Accusative
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*kurnil
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*kurnilā
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| Genitive
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*kurnilas
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*kurnilō
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| Dative
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*kurnilē
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*kurnilum
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| Instrumental
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*kurnilu
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*kurnilum
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Descendants
- Old English: cyrnel, cyrnl, cirnel
- Middle English: kernel, cernel, curnel, kernell, kirnel, karnel, kurnel, kurnele, kyrnel, kyrnell, cornel
- Old Frisian: kernel
- Old Saxon: *kurnil
- Middle Low German: kornelle
- German Low German: Körrel
- Old Dutch: *kurnil
- Middle Dutch: carnel, kernel, carneel, kerneel
- Dutch: kernel (dialectal)
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: carnelekijn, carnellekijn