Reconstruction:Old English/colc

This Old English 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.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kolk, *koluk, from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz (“a depression, hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel-, *gʷel- (“to devour; gullet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kolk/, [koɫk]

Noun

*colc m

  1. hollow, depression
  2. trench, gully; pit
  3. cask, barrel
  4. the bottom or deepest part of a thing; (by extension) the innermost part, core, heart

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative *colc *colcas
accusative *colc *colcas
genitive *colces *colca
dative *colce *colcum

Derived terms

  • ōdencolc
  • wīncolc

Descendants

  • >? Middle English: colk
    • >? English: coke
    • ⇒? Middle English: colkenen (“to gasp, gulp”)
      • >? Scots: cowk (“to retch, vomit”)
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