Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kolk

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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 earlier *koluk, from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz.

Noun

*kolk m

  1. a depression, hollow, well
  2. (figurative) the pit of the stomach, gullet

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *kolk
Genitive *kolkas
Singular Plural
Nominative *kolk *kolkō, *kolkōs
Accusative *kolk *kolkā
Genitive *kolkas *kolkō
Dative *kolkē *kolkum
Instrumental *kolku *kolkum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *koluk

Descendants

  • Old English: *colc
    • >? Middle English: colk
      • >? English: coke
      • ⇒? Middle English: colkenen (“to gasp, gulp”)
        • >? Scots: cowk (“to retch, vomit”)
  • Old Frisian: kolk
    • Saterland Frisian: Kolk
    • West Frisian: kolk
  • Old Saxon: *kolk
  • Old Dutch: *kolk
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