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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kōlēn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *kōl(ī) (“cool”) + *-ēn.
Verb
*kōlēn
- to become cool, to cool down
- to be cool
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *kōlēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *kōl?dā | |
| Infinitive | *kōlēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *kōlēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *kōlēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *kōlēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *kōlē | *kōl?dā |
| 2nd singular | *kōlēs | *kōl?dēs, *kōl?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *kōlēþ | *kōl?dē, *kōl?dā |
| 1st plural | *kōlēm | *kōl?dum |
| 2nd plural | *kōlēþ | *kōl?dud |
| 3rd plural | *kōlēnþ | *kōl?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *kōlē | *kōl?dī |
| 2nd singular | *kōlēs | *kōl?dī |
| 3rd singular | *kōlē | *kōl?dī |
| 1st plural | *kōlēm | *kōl?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *kōlēþ | *kōl?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *kōlēn | *kōl?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *kōlē | |
| Plural | *kōlēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *kōlēndī | *kōl?d |
Related terms
- *kalan
- *kōlijan
Descendants
- Old English: cōlian
- Middle English: colen
- English: cool
- Middle English: colen
- Old Frisian: *kōlia
- West Frisian: kuolje
- Old Dutch: *cuolon
- Middle Dutch: coelen (merged with the descendant of *kōlijan)
- Dutch: koelen
- Middle Dutch: coelen (merged with the descendant of *kōlijan)
- Old High German: kuolēn
- Middle High German: kuolen