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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kelaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gel-, *gʷel- (“to swallow; throat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈke.lɑz/

Noun

*kelaz n

  1. throat

Inflection
z-stemDeclension of *kelaz (z-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kelaz *kilizō
vocative *kelaz *kilizō
accusative *kelaz *kilizō
genitive *kiliziz *kilizǫ̂
dative *kilizi *kilizumaz
instrumental *kilizē *kilizumiz

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Old English: ċeolor, ċeoler; ċeosol, ċesol (“maw, gullet”) (through metathesis ?)
  • Old High German: kelur, kelor; kelura; keluro, keloro

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kelurō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284: “f. ‘throat’”
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