Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/keluz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to *kelǭ (“throat”).[1] Kluge compares Ancient Greek γαυλός (gaulós, "merchant vessel," originally "milk pail"), which itself has been connected to *keulaz (“ship”),[2] while Orel compares Old Irish gelid (“to swallow, eat”), gaile (“stomach”) (though these two terms are thought to not be cognate with each other).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈke.luz/

Noun

*keluz m[3]

  1. (North Germanic) keel
    Coordinate term: *skaggiją

Inflection

Declension of *keluz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *keluz *kiliwiz
vocative *kelu *kiliwiz
accusative *kelų *kelunz
genitive *kelauz *kiliwǫ̂
dative *kiliwi *kelumaz
instrumental *kelū *kelumiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: kjǫlr
  • → Proto-Samic: *kielës (see there for further descendants)

See also

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kiel3”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Kiel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vladimir Orel (2003), “*keluz ~ *kelōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212
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