Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/labal
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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
Noun
*labal m[1]
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *labal | |
| Genitive | *labalas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *labal | *labalō, *labalōs |
| Accusative | *labal | *labalā |
| Genitive | *labalas | *labalō |
| Dative | *labalē | *labalum |
| Instrumental | *labalu | *labalum |
Alternative reconstructions
- *labil
Descendants
- Old English: læfel, lefel
- Old Frisian: *level
- ⇒ Old Frisian: leflen
- ⇒ Old Frisian: levin, lioven
- →⇒ Middle Low German: lōvenbecken, loevenbecken, lōfbecken
- ⇒ Old Frisian: levin, lioven
- ⇒ Old Frisian: leflen
- Old Saxon: laƀil, lavil
- Old Dutch: *lavil
- Middle Dutch: level
- Old High German: labal, label, lapel
- Middle High German: label
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *labal”