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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kollārī

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 Medieval Latin collāre, collārium (“gorget, collar”).[1]

Noun

*kollārī m

  1. gorget
    Synonym: *halsabergu
  2. collar

Inflection
Masculine ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *kollārī
Genitive *kollārijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *kollārī *kollārijō, *kollārijōs
Accusative *kollārī *kollārijā
Genitive *kollārijas *kollārijō
Dative *kollārijē *kollārijum
Instrumental *kollāriju *kollārijum

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: kolliri (“buff coat, gorget”)
  • Old Dutch: *kollāri
    • Middle Dutch: kolre, koller (“collar, cuirass”)
      • Dutch: kolder, (archaic) culder
  • Old High German: kollāri, kollari, kollīri (“collar, gorget”)
    • Middle High German: kolre, koller
      • German: Koller (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) “kolder¹”, in Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN
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