Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kablaz

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

Alternative forms

• *kablô (Northern)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“branch”). Cognate with Lithuanian žãbas (“branch, cane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑβ.lɑz/

Noun

*kablaz m

1. round piece of wood
2. stick, rod

   Synonyms: *furkaz, *galgô, *mastaz, *rōdō, *skaftaz, *spaluz, *spīrǭ, *stauraz, *stukkaz

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *kablaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kablaz	*kablōz, *kablōs
vocative	*kabl	*kablōz, *kablōs
accusative	*kablą	*kablanz
genitive	*kablas, *kablis	*kablǫ̂
dative	*kablai	*kablamaz
instrumental	*kablō	*kablamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kabl
  • Old Saxon: *kaval; *kavala f
    • Middle Low German: kāvele, kāvel
      • → German: Kabel (dialectal)
  • Old Dutch: *cavela
    • Middle Dutch: cāvele, cāvel
      • Dutch: kavel
• Old Norse: kafli, kefli (<*kablô)
  • Icelandic: kefli
  • Norwegian: kjevle
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kjevle
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjevle
  • Old Swedish: kafli
    • Swedish: kavel, kavle
  • → Middle English: cavel, kavell, kevell
    • English: cavel
    • Scots: kavil, kavel, cavill, cavell