Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habulō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habulô, from Proto-Indo-European *káp-wl̥, from *kap- (“to seize, hold”).

Noun

*habulō m

head

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*habulō
Genitive	*habulini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*habulō	*habulan
Accusative	*habulan	*habulan
Genitive	*habulini	*habulanō
Dative	*habulini	*habulum
Instrumental	*habulini	*habulum

Descendants

Old English: hafela, hafala, heafola, heafela
Old Frisian: heila, holla
- North Frisian: hel
- West Frisian: holle