< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wall
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vallum.
Noun
*wall n
- wall, rampart[1]
- Synonym: *mūrā
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *wall | |
Genitive | *wallas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *wall | *wallō, *wallōs |
Accusative | *wall | *wallā |
Genitive | *wallas | *wallō |
Dative | *wallē | *wallum |
Instrumental | *wallu | *wallum |
Descendants
- Old English: weall, wall, weal, wal
- Middle English: wal, wale, walle, waule
- English: wall
- Yola: wul, vall
- → Middle Irish: *balla
- Irish: balla
- Manx: boalley
- Scottish Gaelic: balla
- → Welsh: gwal, wal
- Middle English: wal, wale, walle, waule
- Old Frisian: wall, wal
- North Frisian: wal
- West Frisian: wal
- Old Saxon: wal, wall
- Middle Low German: wal
- → Danish: vold
- → Norwegian: voll
- → Old Swedish: valder
- Swedish: vall
- → Finnish: valli
- Swedish: vall
- Middle Low German: wal
- Old Dutch: *wal
- Middle Dutch: wal
- Dutch: wal
- Middle Dutch: wal
- Old High German: wal
- Middle High German: wal
- German: Wall
- Rhine Franconian: Waal
- Middle High German: wal
References
- Miller, D. Gary (13 June 2012), “Early loanwords from Latin and Greek”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, DOI:, →ISBN, § 4.5, page 71: “WGmc. *walla-”.