*kelǭ

Runic: ᚲᛖᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈke.lɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

throat

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₁- (‘to swallow; throat’). Cognate with Latin gula (‘throat’), Ancient Greek δέλεαρ (délear) (délear, ‘decoy, bait’), Old Armenian կլանեմ (klanem, ‘to swallow’), as well as perhaps Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, ‘to swallow, gulp’), Persian گلو (galu, ‘throat’), Hindi गला (galā, ‘neck, throat’). The phonetic and semantic similarity of the root to Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (‘to devour, eat’) is notable, though difficult to reconcile formally.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	kelǭ	kelōniz
Acc.	kelōnų	kelōnunz
Gen.	kelōniz	kelōnǫ̂
Dat.	kelōni	kelōmaz
Inst.	kelōnē	kelōmiz
Voc.	kelǭ	kelōniz

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Descendants

*kelā (Proto-West Germanic)
- kela (Old Dutch)
  - kēle (Middle Dutch)
    - kael (Limburgish)
*kelā (Proto-West Germanic)
- kela (Old Dutch)
  - kēle (Middle Dutch)
    - keel (Dutch)
      - keel (Afrikaans)
      - keel (Negerhollands)
*kelā (Proto-West Germanic)
- ċeole, ċiole (Old English)
  - chel, cholle, joll (Middle English)
    - jowl (English)
    - chowl, choul (Scots)
*kelā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kele (Old Frisian)
  - Kääle (Saterland Frisian)
  - kiel (West Frisian)
*kelā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kele (Old Frisian)
  - kolk (Old Frisian)
    - Kolk (Saterland Frisian)
    - kolcke (West Frisian)
*kelā (Proto-West Germanic)
- kela, chela (Old High German)
  - kële, kël (Middle High German)
    - khéela (Cimbrian)
    - Kehle (German)
*kelā (Proto-West Germanic)
- kela (Old Saxon)
  - kēle, keele (Middle Low German)
    - Kehl (German Low German)
*kjala (Old Norse)
- grą̊-tjyölu (Elfdalian)
*kielō (Proto-Samic)
*këlo (Proto-Finnic)

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