Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwehwlą

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlom (“wheel”). The plural *hweulō is from the Proto-Indo-European collective *kʷekʷléh₂ (“wheels”), and the neuter gender was likely back-formed from that.

Pronunciation

Noun

*hwehwlą n

  1. wheel

Inflection

The plural *hweulō descends from an Indo-European collective noun and shows the original Verner alternant *gw, which later became *w (represented by *u).

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hwehwlą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hwehwlą *hweulō
vocative *hwehwlą *hweulō
accusative *hwehwlą *hweulō
genitive *hwehwlas, *hwihwlis *hweulǫ̂
dative *hwehwlai *hweulamaz
instrumental *hwehwlō *hweulamiz

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