Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kalk
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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. |
Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin calcem, accusative of calx (“lime”).[1][2]
Noun[edit]
*kalk m
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *kalk | |
| Genitive | *kalkas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *kalk | *kalkō, *kalkōs |
| Accusative | *kalk | *kalkā |
| Genitive | *kalkas | *kalkō |
| Dative | *kalkē | *kalkum |
| Instrumental | *kalku | *kalkum |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: ċealc, cealk
- Old Frisian: kalk
- Old Saxon: kalk, calc
- Old Dutch: *kalk
- Old High German: kalk, calc, calch, calck, chalc, chalch, chalh, kalck
References[edit]
- ^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “kalk”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Miller, D. Gary (2012 June 13) “Early loanwords from Latin and Greek”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, , →ISBN, § 4.5, page 65.