Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/elunā

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 enula, from Latin inula (“elecampane”), with sonorant metathesis under the influence of Medieval Latin helenium (“elecampane”) and native *aland (“elecampane”).

Noun

*elunā f

1. elecampane

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*elunā
Genitive	*elunōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*elunā	*elunōn
Accusative	*elunōn	*elunōn
Genitive	*elunōn	*elunōnō
Dative	*elunōn	*elunōm, *elunum
Instrumental	*elunōn	*elunōm, *elunum

Descendants

• Old English: elene, eolone, elone, eolene, heolene
  • ⇒ Old English: horselene, horshelene, horselne
    • Middle English: horsehelne, horselle, horsel, horshele
      • English: horseheal
• Old High German: *eluna
  • Middle High German: elna