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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kabl
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kablaz (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“branch”).
Noun
*kabl m[1]
- stick, rod
- Synonyms: *galgō, *mast, *rōdu, *skaft, *spalu, *spīrā, *staur, *stokk
- lot
- Synonyms: *hlauti, *hlot, *tain
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *kabl | |
Genitive | *kablas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *kabl | *kablō, *kablōs |
Accusative | *kabl | *kablā |
Genitive | *kablas | *kablō |
Dative | *kablē | *kablum |
Instrumental | *kablu | *kablum |
Descendants
- 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
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