"hwahtlā" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

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Noun

Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Germanic *hwahtlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂, from *kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- (“to flee”), cognate with Latin quaccola (“quail”), cocturnīx, cōturnīx (“quail”). Perhaps related to Old Norse *hvekka (“to be startled”), Latin conquinīscō (“to crouch down”), Proto-Slavic *čeznǫti (“to disappear”). Apparently reborrowed from Latin as *kwattulā. Etymology templates: {{unc|gmw-pro}} Uncertain, {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro||*hwahtlǭ}} Proto-Germanic *hwahtlǭ, {{inh|gmw-pro|ine-pro||*kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂, {{cog|la|quaccola|t=quail}} Latin quaccola (“quail”), {{cog|non|*hvekka|t=to be startled}} Old Norse *hvekka (“to be startled”), {{cog|la|conquinīscō|t=to crouch down}} Latin conquinīscō (“to crouch down”), {{cog|sla-pro|*čeznǫti|t=to disappear}} Proto-Slavic *čeznǫti (“to disappear”), {{bor|gmw-pro|la|-}} Latin, {{dbt|gmw-pro|*kwattulā|notext=1}} *kwattulā Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=f}} *hwahtlā f Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-on}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], hwahtlā [nominative, singular], hwahtlōn [nominative, plural], hwahtlōn [accusative, singular], hwahtlōn [accusative, plural], hwahtlōn [genitive, singular], hwahtlōnō [genitive, plural], hwahtlōn [dative, singular], hwahtlōm [dative, plural], hwahtlum [dative, plural], hwahtlōn [instrumental, singular], hwahtlōm [instrumental, plural], hwahtlum [instrumental, plural]
  1. quail Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-hwahtlā-gmw-pro-noun-LChfkMa8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwahtlum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*hwahtlā f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-on"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwahtlā",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic doublets",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic feminine nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Latin",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Proto-West Germanic ōn-stem nouns",
        "gmw-pro:Fowls"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "quail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quail",
          "quail"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwahtlā"
}

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