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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/labal

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

Borrowed from Latin lābellum.

Noun

*labal m [1]

  1. washbasin

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular Plural
Nominative *labal *labalō, *labalōs
Accusative *labal *labalā
Genitive *labalas *labalō
Dative *labalē *labalum
Instrumental *labalu *labalum

Descendants
  • Old English: læfel
  • Old High German: labal

References
  1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *labal”
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