Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habulō

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Proto-West Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

  • *hafulō
  • *habalō, *hafalō
  • *habilō, *hafilō
  • *hablō, *haflō

Etymology

Uncertain, but apparently from the same Proto-Indo-European or substrate root *kap- (“head”) as found in the synonym *habud/*haubid; possibly from Proto-Germanic *habulô, from Proto-Indo-European *kapu-lon-[1]; or from Proto-Germanic *habalô, from *káp-ol-, in that case identical to Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la, “skull; bowl”).[2]

Noun

*habulō m

  1. head
    Synonyms: *hafud, *haubid, *haubud

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *habulō
Genitive *habulini, *habulan
Singular Plural
Nominative *habulō *habulan
Accusative *habulan *habulan
Genitive *habulini, *habulan *habulanō
Dative *habulini, *habulan *habulum
Instrumental *habulini, *habulan *habulum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caput”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91: “The Celtic form *kapuko- and OE hafola may continue an earlier form *kap-u-, a u-extension to a substratum root *kap-.”
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ha(u)beda- ~ *ha(u)buda-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215: “*hafe/alan-”
  3. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hail(j)a(n)-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 201
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