Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kōl(ī)

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 *kōlaz, *kōluz.

Adjective

*kōl(ī)

cool

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*kōl
Genitive	*kōlas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*kōl	*kōlu	*kōl
Accusative	*kōlanā	*kōlā	*kōl
Genitive	*kōlas	*kōleʀā	*kōlas
Dative	*kōlumē	*kōleʀē	*kōlumē
Instrumental	*kōlu	*kōleʀu	*kōlu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*kōlē	*kōlō	*kōlu
Accusative	*kōlā	*kōlā	*kōlu
Genitive	*kōleʀō	*kōleʀō	*kōleʀō
Dative	kōlēm, kōlum	kōlēm, kōlum	kōlēm, kōlum
Instrumental	kōlēm, kōlum	kōlēm, kōlum	kōlēm, kōlum

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*kōlī
Genitive	*kōlijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*kōlī	*kōliju	*kōlī
Accusative	*kōlijanā	*kōlijā	*kōlī
Genitive	*kōlijas	*kōlijeʀā	*kōlijas
Dative	*kōlijumē	*kōlijeʀē	*kōlijumē
Instrumental	*kōliju	*kōlijeʀu	*kōliju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*kōlijē	*kōlijō	*kōliju
Accusative	*kōlijā	*kōlijā	*kōliju
Genitive	*kōlijeʀō	*kōlijeʀō	*kōlijeʀō
Dative	kōlijēm, kōlijum	kōlijēm, kōlijum	kōlijēm, kōlijum
Instrumental	kōlijēm, kōlijum	kōlijēm, kōlijum	kōlijēm, kōlijum

Derived terms

*kōlijan

Related terms

*kalan
*kald

Descendants

Old English: cōl
- Middle English: col, coul, cool
  - Scots: cule, cuill, kuil
  - English: cool
Old Frisian: *kōl
- Saterland Frisian: köil
- West Frisian: koel (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
Old Saxon: *kōli, *kōl
- Middle Low German: kôle, kôl, kȫl
  - German Low German: köhl
  - Low German: kool, kööl, köhl
Old Dutch: *kuol
- Middle Dutch: coel
  - Dutch: koel
  - Limburgish: kool
Old High German: kuoli, chuoli
- Middle High German: küele
  - German: kühl
  - Hunsrik: kiel
  - Luxembourgish: kill