Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/habilaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*hafilaz

Etymology

From *habjaną +‎ *-ilaz.

Noun

*habilaz m

That which raises or lifts; lifter.

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *habilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*habilaz	habilōz, habilōs
vocative	*habil	habilōz, habilōs
accusative	*habilą	*habilanz
genitive	habilas, habilis	*habilǫ̂
dative	*habilai	*habilamaz
instrumental	*habilō	*habilamiz

Descendants

Old English: hebel, hefel (in hefelþrǣd); (hefeld?)
- Middle English: hefel, hevel, heveld, held
Old Saxon: *hevil; (hebild)
- Middle Low German: hevel (in hevelgarn); (hevelte?)
  - German Low German: Hevel
  - → Saterland Frisian: Heeuwelte
Old Dutch: *hevilo
- Middle Dutch: hevel (in heveldeech)
Old High German: *hebil, *hevil; *hebila, *hevila
- Middle High German: hebel, hevel, hefel
  - German: Hebel
  - → German Low German: Hebel
Old Norse: hefill
- Icelandic: hefill
- Norn: hevel
- Norwegian: hevel
- Swedish: hävel (dialectal, partly)

References

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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