Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwalljā

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to drip; to well”). Cognate with Sanskrit गलति (galati, “to drip”), Hittite (/⁠ku(wa)liya-⁠/, “to flow (calmly), to be calm”).

Noun

*kwalljā f[1]

  1. wellspring; spring
    Synonyms: *brunnō, *kaldijā, *sauþ
  2. well
    Synonyms: *sauþ, *kaldijā, *walljā

Inflection

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *kwalljā
Genitive *kwalljōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *kwalljā *kwalljōn
Accusative *kwalljōn *kwalljōn
Genitive *kwalljōn *kwalljōnō
Dative *kwalljōn *kwalljōm, *kwalljum
Instrumental *kwalljōn *kwalljōm, *kwalljum

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Seebold, Elmar (1970) “KWELL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 314: “kwell-ōn; kwall-jōn”
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