Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kamarling

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Latin camera (“room, chamber, vault”) +‎ *-ling (nominal suffix).

Noun

*kamarling m

chamberlain

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kamarling
Genitive	*kamarlingas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kamarling	kamarlingō, kamarlingōs
Accusative	*kamarling	*kamarlingā
Genitive	*kamarlingas	*kamarlingō
Dative	*kamarlingē	*kamarlingum
Instrumental	*kamarlingu	*kamarlingum

Descendants

Old Dutch: *kamerling
- Middle Dutch: cāmerlinc
  - Dutch: kamerling
Old High German: chamarling
→ Medieval Latin: camerlingus, camerlengus, camarlingus, camberlingus, camerlanus, cambellanus (see there for further descendants)

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