Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/welō

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

Alternative forms

*walō

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *welô.

Noun

*welō m^[1]

property, wealth
well-being, weal

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*welō
Genitive	wilini, welan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*welō	*welan
Accusative	*welan	*welan
Genitive	wilini, welan	*welanō
Dative	wilini, welan	*welum
Instrumental	wilini, welan	*welum

Derived terms

*waliþu

Descendants

Old English: wela, weala — Northumbrian, weola — West Saxon, wala
- Middle English: wele
  - English: weal
  - Scots: weal, weel
Old Saxon: welo
- >? Middle Low German: wēle f, wēl m
Old Dutch: *welo
- Middle Dutch: wele
Old High German: welo, wolo; wela f, wola f, wala f
- Middle High German: wole
  - German: Wol, Wohl
  - Luxembourgish: Wuel

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 325: “PWGmc *welō”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 325: “PWGmc *welō”

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