Reconstruction:Old Dutch/camara

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kamarā. Which is a borrowing from Latin camara, camera (“chamber”).

Noun

*camara f

chamber

Inflection

Declension of *camara (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*camara	camara, camaron
accusative	camara, camaron	camara, camaron
genitive	*camaron	*camarono
dative	*camaron	*camaron

Descendants

Middle Dutch: cāmere
- Dutch: kamer
  - Afrikaans: kamer
  - Berbice Creole Dutch: kambru
  - → Lokono: kambara
  - → Malay: kamar
    - Indonesian: kamar
      - → Petjo: kamar
      - → Ternate: kamar
  - → Javanese: ꦏꦩꦂ (kamar)
    - > Caribbean Javanese: kamar (inherited)
  - → Papiamentu: kamber
  - → Peranakan Indonesian: kamer
  - → Sranan Tongo: kamra
    - → Aukan: kambaa
    - → Caribbean Hindustani: kamrá
    - → Saramaccan: kámba
  - → Sinhalese: කාමරය (kāmaraya)
  - →? Trió: kama
- Limburgish: kamer