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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kelkô
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Derived from the same root as *kelaz (“throat”) and *kelǭ, with *-kô, a suffix used for body parts; compare Proto-Germanic *mankô (“mane”), *leuskô (“groin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkel.kɔːː/
Noun
*kelkô m
- jaw-bone
Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *kelkô (masculine an-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *kelkô | *kelkaniz | |
vocative | *kelkô | *kelkaniz | |
accusative | *kelkanų | *kelkanunz | |
genitive | *kilkiniz | *kelkanǫ̂ | |
dative | *kilkini | *kelkammaz | |
instrumental | *kilkinē | *kelkammiz |
Descendants
- Old Norse: kjalki
- Faroese: kjálki
- Icelandic: kjálki
- Norwegian: kjelke
- Elfdalian: tjåke
- Old High German: kelah
- Middle High German: kelch
- Bavarian: Kelch, Kölch, Kööch
- Middle High German: kelch
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN