Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kolk

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 earlier *koluk, from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz.

Noun

*kolk m

a depression, hollow, well
(figurative) the pit of the stomach, gullet

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kolk
Genitive	*kolkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kolk	kolkō, kolkōs
Accusative	*kolk	*kolkā
Genitive	*kolkas	*kolkō
Dative	*kolkē	*kolkum
Instrumental	*kolku	*kolkum

Alternative reconstructions

*koluk

Related terms

*kelā
*keluk

Descendants

Old English: *colc
- >? Middle English: colk
  - >? English: coke
  - ⇒? Middle English: colkenen (“to gasp, gulp”)
    - >? Scots: cowk (“to retch, vomit”)
Old Frisian: kolk
- Saterland Frisian: Kolk
- West Frisian: kolk
Old Saxon: *kolk
- Middle Low German: kolk, kulk
  - German Low German: Kolk
  - → Middle High German: kolc
    - German: Kolk
      - ⇒ German: kolken (“to gulp”), (dialectal) kölken, kolksen (“to vomit”)
  - →⇒ Danish: kulke (“to swallow, gulp”)
Old Dutch: *kolk
- Middle Dutch: colc, culc, colck
  - Dutch: kolk
    - → English: kolk
  - ⇒ Dutch: kolken (“to belch”)

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