Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nebulaz

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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈne.βu.lɑz/

Noun

*nebulaz m[1]

  1. fog, mist
    Synonyms: *dunstą, *mihstaz
  2. darkness

Inflection

Declension of *nebulaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *nebulaz *nebulōz, *nebulōs
vocative *nebul *nebulōz, *nebulōs
accusative *nebulą *nebulanz
genitive *nebulas, *nebulis *nebulǫ̂
dative *nebulai *nebulamaz
instrumental *nebulō *nebulamiz

Descendants

  • Old English: nifol
  • Old Frisian: neval
  • Old Saxon: nebal, neval
    • Middle Low German: nēvel
      • Low German: neavel
  • Old Dutch: *neval
  • Old High German: nëbul, nibul, nepol, nëbel(Please either change this template to {{desc}} or insert a ====Descendants==== section in nebel#Old High German)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*nebala-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 386
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