Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kerbulā

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

Borrowed from Late Latin cerfolium, from Latin caerefolium.

Noun

*kerbulā f

1. garden chervil

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kerbulā
Genitive	*kerbulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kerbulā	*kerbulōn
Accusative	*kerbulōn	*kerbulōn
Genitive	*kerbulōn	*kerbulōnō
Dative	*kerbulōn	*kerbulōm, *kerbulum
Instrumental	*kerbulōn	*kerbulōm, *kerbulum

Alternative forms

• *kerbillijā

Descendants

• Old English: cerfille, cerfelle, cærfille
  • Middle English: chervell, cherefelle, charville, charwelle, chervyl (reenforced by Old French)
    • English: chervil
• Old Saxon: kervila, kiervila, kerevel
  • Middle Low German: kervel, karvel, karvele, kerevel, kervele
    • German Low German: Kerwel
    • → Danish: kørvel
    • → Norwegian: kjørvel
    • → Swedish: körvel
      • → Icelandic: kerfill
• Old Dutch: *kervila
  • Middle Dutch: kervele, kervel
    • Dutch: kervel
• Old High German: kervila, kervola, kerbele f, kerfil, kervil m
  • Middle High German: kervele, kervel, kerfele, kerfel, kerbel m
    • German: Kerbel m
    • Luxembourgish: Kierwel