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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz.
Noun
*hwelp m
- whelp, pup
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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*hwelp
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| Genitive
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*hwelpas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*hwelp
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*hwelpō, *hwelpōs
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| Accusative
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*hwelp
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*hwelpā
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| Genitive
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*hwelpas
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*hwelpō
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| Dative
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*hwelpē
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*hwelpum
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| Instrumental
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*hwelpu
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*hwelpum
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Descendants
- Old English: hwelp
- Middle English: whelp
- Scots: whalp, whaulp
- English: whelp
- Old Frisian: *hwelp
- Old Saxon: hwelp
- Old Dutch: welp
- Old High German: hwelf, welpf, welph, welf