Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwelbaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to bend”), with -b- instead of -f- due to influence from either the adjective or causative.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*hwelbaną[2]
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *hwelbaną (strong class 3)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Due to the effects of umlaut, present-tense descendants of this verb are often indistinguishable from those of the weak causative *hwalbijaną. This is probably what led to the strong verb's disappearance as well.
- Old Dutch: *welvan
- Old High German: *welban
- Old Norse: *hvelfa (only the past participle holfinn is attested)
- Norwegian: kvelva