Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tungl

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

From Proto-Germanic *tunglą.

Noun

*tungl n^[1]

luminary; celestial orb (e.g. planet, star, moon, etc.)

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tungl
Genitive	*tunglas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tungl	*tunglu
Accusative	*tungl	*tunglu
Genitive	*tunglas	*tunglō
Dative	*tunglē	*tunglum
Instrumental	*tunglu	*tunglum

Descendants

Old English: tungol
- Middle English: tungol
- ⇒ Old English: heofontungol
Old Saxon: tungal
- ⇒ Old Saxon: hevantungal
- ⇒ Old Saxon: himiltungal
Old High German: *zungal
- ⇒ Old High German: himilzungal

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330: “PWGmc *tungl”