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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kablaz
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *kablô (Northern)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“branch”). Cognate with Lithuanian žãbas (“branch, cane”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑβ.lɑz/
Noun
*kablaz m[1]
- round piece of wood
- stick, rod
- Synonyms: *furkaz, *galgô, *mastaz, *rōdō, *skaftaz, *spaluz, *spīrǭ, *stauraz, *stukkaz
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *kablaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *kablaz | *kablōz, *kablōs | |
vocative | *kabl | *kablōz, *kablōs | |
accusative | *kablą | *kablanz | |
genitive | *kablas, *kablis | *kablǫ̂ | |
dative | *kablai | *kablamaz | |
instrumental | *kablō | *kablamiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *kabl
- Old Saxon: *kaval; *kavala f
- Middle Low German: kāvele, kāvel
- → German: Kabel (dialectal)
- Middle Low German: kāvele, kāvel
- Old Dutch: *cavela
- Middle Dutch: cāvele, cāvel
- Dutch: kavel
- Middle Dutch: cāvele, cāvel
- Old Saxon: *kaval; *kavala f
- Old Norse: kafli, kefli (<*kablô)
- Icelandic: kefli
- Norwegian: kjevle
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjevle
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjevle
- Old Swedish: kafli
- Swedish: kavel, kavle
- → Middle English: cavel, kavell, kevell
- English: cavel
- Scots: kavil, kavel, cavill, cavell
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kabla/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 276–277