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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kelǭ

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Cognate with Latin gula (“throat”), Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow, gulp”), Old Armenian կլանեմ (klanem, “to swallow”), Persian گلو‎ (galu, “throat”), Hindi गला (galā, “neck, throat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈke.lɔ̃ː/

Noun

*kelǭ f[1][2]

  1. throat

Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *kelǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kelǭ *kelōniz
vocative *kelǭ *kelōniz
accusative *kelōnų *kelōnunz
genitive *kelōniz *kelōnǫ̂
dative *kelōni *kelōmaz
instrumental *kelōnē *kelōmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *kelā
    • Old English: ċeole, ċiole
    • Old Frisian: *kele
      • Saterland Frisian: Kääle
      • West Frisian: kiel
      • ⇒ Old Frisian: kolk
        • Saterland Frisian: Kolk
        • West Frisian: kolcke
    • Old Saxon: kela
    • Old Dutch: kela
    • Old High German: kela, chela
      • Middle High German: kële, kël

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kelōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284: “f. ‘throat’”
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*keluz ~ *kelōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 212: “sb.m./f.”
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