Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fellą

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

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *pelnóm, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“skin, hide; to cover, wrap”). Cognate with Latin pellis (“skin”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸel.lɑ̃/

Noun

*fellą n

skin, hide

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *fellą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fellą	*fellō
vocative	*fellą	*fellō
accusative	*fellą	*fellō
genitive	fellas, fillis	*fellǫ̂
dative	*fillai	*fellamaz
instrumental	*fellō	*fellamiz

Derived terms

*fillīnaz

Related terms

*felma-

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fell
- Old English: fell
  - Middle English: felle, fell
    - Scots: fell
    - English: fell
- Old Frisian: fel
  - West Frisian: fel
- Old Saxon: fel
  - Middle Low German: vel
- Old Dutch: fel
  - Middle Dutch: vel
    - Dutch: vel
      - Afrikaans: vel
      - Jersey Dutch: vääl
      - Negerhollands: vel, fel
      - → Indonesian: pel
- Old High German: fel
  - Middle High German: vël
    - German: Fell
Old Norse: fell, fjall
- Icelandic: fell, fjall
- Old Swedish: fiæl
  - Swedish: fjäll
Old Norse: filla
- Icelandic: filla
- Norwegian Bokmål: fille
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fille
⇒ Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌹 (faurafilli)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fella-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fella-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135