Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kelǭ

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 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.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gel-, *gʷel- (“to swallow; throat”).

Cognate with Latin gula (“throat”), Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow, gulp”), Old Armenian կլանեմ (klanem, “to swallow”), Persian گلو (galu, “throat”), Hindi गला (galā, “neck, throat”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*kelǭ f[1][2]

  1. throat

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *kelǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kelǭ *kelōniz
vocative *kelǭ *kelōniz
accusative *kelōnų *kelōnunz
genitive *kelōniz *kelōnǫ̂
dative *kelōni *kelōmaz
instrumental *kelōnē *kelōmiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kelōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284: “f. ‘throat’”
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*keluz ~ *kelōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 212: “sb.m./f.”
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