Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/templ

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

Borrowed from Latin templum.

Noun

*templ n

temple

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*templ
Genitive	*templas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*templ	*templu
Accusative	*templ	*templu
Genitive	*templas	*templō
Dative	*templē	*templum
Instrumental	*templu	*templum

Descendants

Old English: tempel, templ, tempil
- Middle English: tempel, temple
  - English: temple
  - Scots: tempil, tempill, temple
Old Saxon: tempal m
- Middle Low German: tempel, temple
  - → Danish: tempel
  - → Swedish: tæmpel
    - Swedish: tempel
Old Dutch: *tempal
- Middle Dutch: tempel n or m
  - Dutch: tempel m
Old High German: tempal
- Middle High German: tempel n or m
  - German: Tempel m