Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwahtlā

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

Alternative forms

*kwattulā

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Germanic *hwahtlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂, from *kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- (“to flee”), cognate with Latin quaccola (“quail”), cocturnīx, cōturnīx (“quail”). Perhaps related to Old Norse *hvekka (“to be startled”), Latin conquinīscō (“to crouch down”), Proto-Slavic *čeznǫti (“to disappear”). Apparently reborrowed from Latin as *kwattulā.

Noun

*hwahtlā f

quail

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwahtlā
Genitive	*hwahtlōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwahtlā	*hwahtlōn
Accusative	*hwahtlōn	*hwahtlōn
Genitive	*hwahtlōn	*hwahtlōnō
Dative	*hwahtlōn	*hwahtlōm
Instrumental	*hwahtlōn	*hwahtlōm

Descendants

Old Saxon: kwattula, quatula
- Middle Low German: wachtele
  - → Danish: vagtel
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: vaktel
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: vaktel
  - → Swedish: vaktel
Old Dutch: *kwattula
- Middle Dutch: quattel, quattele
  - Dutch: kwartel
    - Afrikaans: kwartel
Old High German: kwattala, kwahtila, kwattula, quattala, wahtila, wahtula, wahtala
- Middle High German: wahtel, wachtel
  - German: Wachtel
→ Late Latin: quaccola (see there for further descendants)