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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skōlu
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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
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin schola (“school”).[1]
The reconstruction with *ō is justified by the conforming vowel in English, Low German and most of High German. However, Dutch and some adjacent High German dialects require other vowels (*au, *o, *u).
Inflection
| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *skōlu | |
| Genitive | *skōlā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *skōlu | *skōlō |
| Accusative | *skōlā | *skōlā |
| Genitive | *skōlā | *skōlō |
| Dative | *skōlē | *skōlōm, *skōlum |
| Instrumental | *skōlu | *skōlōm, *skōlum |
Descendants
- Old English: scōl
- Old Frisian: skūle
- Old Saxon: *skōla
- >? Old Dutch: *skuola
- >? Middle Dutch: schôle
- Dutch: school
- Limburgish: sjoel, sjoeal
- West Flemish: schole
- Zealandic: schole
- >? Middle Dutch: schôle
- Old High German: scuola
- Middle High German: schuole
References
- Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “school 1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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