Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hulą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *hulaz (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxu.lɑ̃/

Noun

*hulą n

a hollow; depression; hole

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hulą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hulą	*hulō
vocative	*hulą	*hulō
accusative	*hulą	*hulō
genitive	hulas, hulis	*hulǫ̂
dative	*hulai	*hulamaz
instrumental	*hulō	*hulamiz

Descendants

Old English: hol
- Middle English: hol, hole, hool
  - Scots: hol, holl, hole
  - English: hole
Old Frisian: hol
- North Frisian: hol
Old Saxon: *hol
- Middle Low German: hol
  - Low German: Holl
Old Frankish: *hul, *hol
- Old Dutch: *hol
  - Middle Dutch: hol
    - Dutch: hol
- Walloon: hol (possibly from Norse)
- Nourmaund: houle (possibly from Norse)
  - French: houle
Old High German: hol
- Middle High German: hol
Old Norse: hol
- Icelandic: hol
- Faroese: hol
- Norwegian:
  - Bokmål: hull
  - Nynorsk: hòl
- Old Swedish: hul, hol
  - Swedish: hål
- Danish: hul
- Westrobothnian: hȯhl