Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habulō

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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.
This Proto-West Germanic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-West Germanic

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Alternative reconstructions

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  • *hafulō
  • *habalō, *hafalō
  • *habilō, *hafilō
  • *hablō, *haflō

Etymology

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Uncertain, but apparently from the same Proto-Indo-European or substrate root *kap- (“head”) as found in the synonym *habud/*haubid; possibly from Proto-Germanic *habulô, from Proto-Indo-European *kapu-lon-[1]; or from Proto-Germanic *habalô, from *káp-ol-, in that case identical to Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la, “skull; bowl”).[2]

Noun

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*habulō m

  1. head
    Synonyms: *hafud, *haubid, *haubud

Inflection

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Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *habulō
Genitive *habulini, *habulan
Singular Plural
Nominative *habulō *habulan
Accusative *habulan *habulan
Genitive *habulini, *habulan *habulanō
Dative *habulini, *habulan *habulum
Instrumental *habulini, *habulan *habulum

Descendants

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  • Old English: hafela, hafala, heafola, heafela, hafola
  • >? Old Frisian: heila, holla (or related to Old Norse heili (“brain”)[3])

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caput”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91: “The Celtic form *kapuko- and OE hafola may continue an earlier form *kap-u-, a u-extension to a substratum root *kap-.”
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ha(u)beda- ~ *ha(u)buda-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215: “*hafe/alan-”
  3. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hail(j)a(n)-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 201
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