Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwal

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

From Proto-Germanic *hwalaz.

Noun

*hwal m

1. whale

   Synonym: *hwalafisk

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwal, *hwala
Genitive	*hwalas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwal, *hwala	*hwalōs
Accusative	*hwal, *hwala	*hwalā
Genitive	*hwalas	*hwalō
Dative	*hwalē	*hwalum
Instrumental	*hwalu	*hwalum

Derived terms

• *hwalafisk

Descendants

• Old English: hwæl
  • Middle English: whal, swale, wale, whalle, whale, quale, quall, qwall, qwalle (mainly Northern), whaale (late), qwayll, qwaylle (Catholicon Anglicum), hwæl (Early Middle English)
    • English: whale
    • Scots: whaul
• Old Saxon: hwal
  • Middle Low German: wal
    • Low German: Waal
• Old Dutch: *wal
  • Middle Dutch: wal
    • Dutch: wal
• Old High German: wal
  • Middle High German: wal
    • German: Wal
      • → Estonian: vaal
      • → Luxembourgish: Wal