Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwelp

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 *hwelpaz.

Noun

*hwelp m

whelp, pup

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwelp
Genitive	*hwelpas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwelp	hwelpō, hwelpōs
Accusative	*hwelp	*hwelpā
Genitive	*hwelpas	*hwelpō
Dative	*hwelpē	*hwelpum
Instrumental	*hwelpu	*hwelpum

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