Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wall

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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

Borrowed from Latin vallum.

Noun

*wall n

  1. wall, rampart[1]
    Synonym: *mūrā

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *wall
Genitive *wallas
Singular Plural
Nominative *wall *wallō, *wallōs
Accusative *wall *wallā
Genitive *wallas *wallō
Dative *wallē *wallum
Instrumental *wallu *wallum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Miller, D. Gary (2012 June 13) “Early loanwords from Latin and Greek”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 4.5, page 71:WGmc. *walla-.