Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tungl

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 *tunglą.

Noun

*tungl n[1]

luminary

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tungl
Genitive	*tunglas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tungl	*tunglu
Accusative	*tungl	*tunglu
Genitive	*tunglas	*tunglō
Dative	*tunglē	*tunglum
Instrumental	*tunglu	*tunglum

Descendants

Old English: tungol
- Middle English: tungol
Old Saxon: tungal
Old High German: *zungal

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330: “PWGmc *tungl”

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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 330: “PWGmc *tungl”