Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/regulā

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 rēgula.

Noun

*regulā f

rule
Synonym: *rihtī

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*regulā
Genitive	*regulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*regulā	*regulōn
Accusative	*regulōn	*regulōn
Genitive	*regulōn	*regulōnō
Dative	*regulōn	regulōm, regulum
Instrumental	*regulōn	regulōm, regulum

Descendants

Old English: regol, regul, reogol, regal
- Middle English: rail, rayl (reenforced by Old French)
  - English: rail
    - → French: rail
Old Saxon: *regula
- Middle Low German: rêgule, regule, rêgul, rêgele, regele, rêgel, regle, reggele
  - German Low German: Regel
  - → Old Norse: regla
    - Danish: regel
    - Icelandic: regla
    - Norwegian: regel
    - Swedish: regel
Old Dutch: *regula
- Middle Dutch: regel, regule
  - Dutch: regel
    - Afrikaans: reël, riffel
    - Negerhollands: regel
    - → Sranan Tongo: regel
      - → Caribbean Javanese: rékhel
    - →? West Frisian: regel
Old High German: regula, regel
- Middle High German: regele, regile
  - German: Regel
  - Hunsrik: Reghel