Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwal

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 Proto-Germanic *hwalaz.

Noun

*hwal m[1]

whale
Synonym: *hwalafisk

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwal
Genitive	*hwalas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwal	hwalō, hwalōs
Accusative	*hwal	*hwalā
Genitive	*hwalas	*hwalō
Dative	*hwalē	*hwalum
Instrumental	*hwalu	*hwalum

Derived terms

*hwalafisk

Descendants

Old English: hwæl
- Middle English: whale, hwæl, qual, whal, swale, quall, quale, whaale, whalle, qwayll, wale, qwall, qwalle
  - English: whale
  - Scots: whaul
Old Saxon: hwal
- Middle Low German: wal
  - Low German: Waal
Old Dutch: *wal
- Middle Dutch: wal
  - Dutch: wal
Old High German: wal
- Middle High German: wal
  - German: Wal
    - → Estonian: vaal
    - → Luxembourgish: Wal

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50: “PWGmc *hwal”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50: “PWGmc *hwal”