Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwelpaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwelpaz

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

Perhaps from *hwelpaną (“to yelp; bark”), maybe from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to call; shout; cry; make a noise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxwel.pɑz/

Noun

*hwelpaz m

1. a whelp, pup

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *hwelpaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hwelpaz	*hwelpōz, *hwelpōs
vocative	*hwelp	*hwelpōz, *hwelpōs
accusative	*hwelpą	*hwelpanz
genitive	*hwelpas, *hwilpis	*hwelpǫ̂
dative	*hwilpai	*hwelpamaz
instrumental	*hwelpō	*hwelpamiz

Related terms

• *hwelaną
• *hwellaz

Descendants

• Old English: hwelp
  • Middle English: whelp
    • Scots: whalp, whaulp
    • English: whelp
• Old Frisian: *hwelp
  • West Frisian: welp
• Old Saxon: hwelp
  • Middle Low German: welp, welpe
    • German Low German: Welpe
      • German: Welpe, Welp
• Old Dutch: welp
  • Middle Dutch: welp
    • Dutch: welp
• Old High German: hwelf, welpf, welph, welf
  • Middle High German: wëlp, wëlf
    • German: Welf
• Old Norse: hvelpr
  • Icelandic: hvolpur
  • Faroese: hvølpur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvelp, kvalp
  • Old Swedish: hvælper, hvalper
    • Swedish: valp
  • Danish: hvalp
    • Norwegian Bokmål: valp, hvalp
  • Westrobothnian: welp, wälp, wålp, wolp, wölp
  • Elfdalian: wep
• → Proto-Samic:
  • Northern Sami: vielppis