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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habulō

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.
 This Proto-West Germanic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative reconstructions
  • *hafulō
  • *habalō, *hafalō
  • *habilō, *hafilō
  • *hablō, *haflō

Etymology

Uncertain, but apparently from the same Proto-Indo-European or substrate root *kap- (“head”) as found in the synonym *habud/*haubid; possibly from Proto-Germanic *habulô, from Proto-Indo-European *káp-wl̥; or from Proto-Germanic *habalô, from *káp-ol-, in that case identical to Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la, “skull; bowl”).[1]

Noun

*habulō m

  1. head
    Synonyms: *hafud, *haubid, *haubud

Inflection
Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *habulō
Genitive *habulini, *habulan
Singular Plural
Nominative *habulō *habulan
Accusative *habulan *habulan
Genitive *habulini, *habulan *habulanō
Dative *habulini, *habulan *habulum
Instrumental *habulini, *habulan *habulum

Descendants
  • Old English: hafela, hafala, heafola, heafela, hafola
  • Old Frisian: heila, holla

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ha(u)beda- ~ *ha(u)buda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215: “*hafe/alan-”
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