Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwelaną

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

    From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (to hurt). Related to Lithuanian gélti (to hurt), Old Irish atbaill (to die). Old Armenian կեղ (keł, ulcer, sore).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkʷe.lɑ.nɑ̃/

    Verb

    *kwelaną[1][2][3]

    1. to suffer, hurt

    Inflection

    Conjugation of *kwelaną (strong class 4)
    active voice passive voice
    present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *kwelō *kwelaų *kwelai ?
    2nd singular *kwilizi *kwelaiz *kwel *kwelazai *kwelaizau
    3rd singular *kwilidi *kwelai *kweladau *kweladai *kwelaidau
    1st dual *kwelōz *kwelaiw
    2nd dual *kweladiz *kwelaidiz *kweladiz
    1st plural *kwelamaz *kwelaim *kwelandai *kwelaindau
    2nd plural *kwilid *kwelaid *kwilid *kwelandai *kwelaindau
    3rd plural *kwelandi *kwelain *kwelandau *kwelandai *kwelaindau
    past tense indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *kwal *kwēlį̄
    2nd singular *kwalt *kwēlīz
    3rd singular *kwal *kwēlī
    1st dual *kwēlū *kwēlīw
    2nd dual *kwēludiz *kwēlīdiz
    1st plural *kwēlum *kwēlīm
    2nd plural *kwēlud *kwēlīd
    3rd plural *kwēlun *kwēlīn
    present past
    participles *kwelandz *kulanaz

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *kwelan
      • Old English: cwelan
        • Middle English: quelen
      • Old Saxon: quelan
      • Old Dutch: *quelan
      • Old High German: quelan
        • Middle High German: queln

    Further reading

    1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kwelan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 316
    2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*kwelanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227
    3. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970), “KWEL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica; 85) (in German), Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 313