Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mantel

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 mantellum, from mantum (“Spanish cloak”) +‎ -ellum (diminutive suffix).^[1]

Noun

*mantel m

mantle, sleeveless cloak

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mantel
Genitive	*mantelas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mantel	mantelō, mantelōs
Accusative	*mantel	*mantelā
Genitive	*mantelas	*mantelō
Dative	*mantelē	*mantelum
Instrumental	*mantelu	*mantelum

Alternative reconstructions

*mantil, *mantul

Descendants

Old English: mæntel, mentel
- Middle English: mantel, mantell, mantelle, mantil, mantill, mantyll, mantle, mantyl, mentel
  - English: mantle, mantel
  - Scots: mantle, mantel; manteel
Old Frisian: mantel, mentel
- West Frisian: mantel
Old Saxon: *mantul, *mantal
- Middle Low German: mantel
  - → Estonian: mantel
- → Old Norse: mǫttull, *mantull
  - Faroese: møttul
  - Icelandic: möttull
  - Old Swedish: mantol
  - → Middle Irish: matal, mattal
    - Irish: matal
Old Dutch: *mantal
- Middle Dutch: mantel
  - Dutch: mantel
    - Afrikaans: mantel
    - Negerhollands: mantel
    - Petjo: mantel
    - → Caribbean Javanese: mantel
    - → Indonesian: mantel
    - → Makasar: manteleʼ
    - → Papiamentu: mantel
Old High German: mantal
- Middle High German: mantel, mandel
  - German: Mantel
    - → Kashubian: mańtel
    - → Norwegian: mantel
    - → Polish: mantel
    - → Silesian: mantel
    - → Swedish: mantel
  - Hunsrik: Mantel
  - Luxembourgish: Mantel

References

^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “mantel”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Vries, Jan (1971) “mantel”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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