Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kol

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 *kulą.

Noun

*kol n

coal

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kol
Genitive	*kolas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kol	*kolu
Accusative	*kol	*kolu
Genitive	*kolas	*kolō
Dative	*kolē	*kolum
Instrumental	*kolu	*kolum

Descendants

Old English: col
- Middle English: col, cole
  - English: coal
  - Scots: col, coll
Old Frisian: kole
- Saterland Frisian: Cole, Koole
- West Frisian: koal
Old Saxon: *kol
- Middle Low German: kole
  - German Low German: Kahl, Kaal
  - Plautdietsch: Kole
Old Dutch: *kol
- Middle Dutch: kole
  - Dutch: kool
    - Afrikaans: kool
    - → Chinese: 高麗
    - → Indonesian: kol
    - → Papiamentu: kolo
    - → Sranan Tongo: kolo
  - Limburgish: koeal
Old High German: kol
- Middle High German: kol
  - Cimbrian: kholl
  - German: Kohle
  - Luxembourgish: Kuel
  - Yiddish: קויל‎ (koyl)