Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/keul

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 Proto-Germanic *keulaz.

Noun

*keul m

keel
ship

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*keul
Genitive	*keulas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*keul	keulō, keulōs
Accusative	*keul	*keulā
Genitive	*keulas	*keulō
Dative	*keulē	*keulum
Instrumental	*keulu	*keulum

Descendants

Old English: ċēol (displaced by *keluz (“keel”), via Old Norse)
Old Frisian: *kiāl, *tziāl
- West Frisian: tjalk, tsjalk
  - → Dutch: tjalk
Old Saxon: kiol
- Middle Low German: kêl, kîl
Old Dutch: *kiol
- Middle Dutch: kiel (displaced by *keluz (“keel”), via Old Norse)
Old High German: kiol, chiol
- Middle High German: kiel
  - German: Kiel (obsolete, displaced by *keluz (“keel”), via Old Norse)

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