Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/karil

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

    Inherited from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, from *karaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-.

    Noun

    *karil m

    1. (feudalism) free peasant, churl

    Inflection

    Masculine a-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *karil(a)
    Genitive *karilas
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *karil(a) *karilōs
    Accusative *karil(a) *karilā
    Genitive *karilas *karilō
    Dative *karilē *karilum
    Instrumental *karilu *karilum

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *karul, *karl

    Descendants

    • Old English: ċeorl, ċiorl
      • Middle English: cherl, cheorl, chorl, churl
        • English: churl
        • Scots: churl
        • Yola: chourle
    • Old Frisian: tzerl, tzirl
      • North Frisian: keerl
      • West Frisian: tsjirl, tsjerl
    • Old Saxon: *keril
      • Middle Low German: kerl, kerle
        • Dutch Low Saxon: (Gronings, Achterhoeks) keerl, (Twents, Achterhoeks) kearl
        • German Low German: Kerel, Keerl
        • Westphalian:
          Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Kǟrl
          Suerländer-Märkisch: Kærl, Kæl, Kêrl
          Westmünsterländisch: Käärl, Kerl, Kiärl
        • German: Kerl
        • Saterland Frisian: Käärel
    • Old Dutch: *keril, *karal, karl
      • Middle Dutch: carel, caerl, kerl, kerel
      • Limburgish: kaerel
    • Old High German: *keril, karal, karl
    • Proto-Slavic: *korľь (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Wörterbuch der Ostfriesischen Sprache. ten Doornkaat Koolman, J., Volume 2. 1879. 199th page.