Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kelaz

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *gel-, *gʷel- (to swallow; throat).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*kelaz n

  1. throat

Inflection[edit]

z-stemDeclension of *kelaz (z-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kelaz *kilizō
vocative *kelaz *kilizō
accusative *kelaz *kilizō
genitive *kiliziz *kilizǫ̂
dative *kilizi *kilizumaz
instrumental *kilizē *kilizumiz

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kelurō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284:f. ‘throat’