Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/labal

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 lābellum.

Noun

*labal m^[1]

washbasin

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*labal
Genitive	*labalas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*labal	labalō, labalōs
Accusative	*labal	*labalā
Genitive	*labalas	*labalō
Dative	*labalē	*labalum
Instrumental	*labalu	*labalum

Alternative reconstructions

*labil

Descendants

Old English: læfel, lefel
- Middle English: læfel, lawvel
Old Frisian: *level
- ⇒ Old Frisian: leflen
  - ⇒ Old Frisian: levin, lioven
    - →⇒ Middle Low German: lōvenbecken, loevenbecken, lōfbecken
Old Saxon: laƀil, lavil
Old Dutch: *lavil
- Middle Dutch: level
Old High German: labal, label, lapel
- Middle High German: label

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *labal”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *labal”

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