Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwelpaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Of uncertain origin. Probably a derivative, albeit with irregular phonetic development, of Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ- (“womb”).

Alternatively, perhaps from *hwelpaną (“to yelp; bark”), maybe from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to call; shout; cry; make a noise”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): /ˈxwel.pɑz/

*hwelpaz m

1. puppy
2. used also of other baby animals: cub, pup

• *hwelaną
• *hwellaz

• Proto-West Germanic: *hwelp
  • Old English: hwelp
    • Middle English: whelp
      • Scots: whalp, whaulp
      • English: whelp
  • Old Frisian: *hwelp
    • West Frisian: welp
  • Old Saxon: hwelp
    • Middle Low German: welp, welpe
      • German Low German: Welpe
        • → German: Welpe, Welp
  • Old Dutch: welp
    • Middle Dutch: welp
      • Dutch: welp
  • Old High German: hwelf, welpf, welph, welf
    • Middle High German: wëlp, wëlf
      • German: Welf
• Old Norse: hvelpr
  • Icelandic: hvolpur
  • Faroese: hvølpur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvelp, kvalp; (dialectal) kvølp, kvolp
  • Elfdalian: wep
  • Old Swedish: hvælper, hvalper
    • Swedish: valp
  • Danish: hvalp
    • Norwegian Bokmål: valp, hvalp
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: valp (defunct)
• → Proto-Samic: *vielppēs
  • Northern Sami: vielppis