Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kafl

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 This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kaflaz.

Noun

*kafl m[1]

  1. (northern) jaw

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *kafl
Genitive *kaflas
Singular Plural
Nominative *kafl *kaflō, *kaflōs
Accusative *kafl *kaflā
Genitive *kaflas *kaflō
Dative *kaflē *kaflum
Instrumental *kaflu *kaflum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “northern WGmc *kafl ‘jaw’”
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