Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skōlu

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 schola (“school”).

Noun

*skōlu f

1. school

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skōlu
Genitive	*skōlā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skōlu	*skōlō
Accusative	*skōlā	*skōlā
Genitive	*skōlā	*skōlō
Dative	*skōlē	*skōlōm, *skōlum
Instrumental	*skōlu	*skōlōm, *skōlum

Descendants

• Old English: scōl
  • Middle English: scole
    • English: school (see there for further descendants)
    • Geordie English: skuil, skeul
    • Scots: schuil, skuil
• Old Frisian: skūle
  • Saterland Frisian: Skoule
  • West Frisian: skoalle
• Old Saxon: *skōla
  • Middle Low German: schôle
    • Dutch Low Saxon: skole
    • German Low German: School
    • Plautdietsch: School
    • → Estonian: kool
    • → Finnish: koulu
    • → Old Norse: skóli
      • Icelandic: skóli
      • Faroese: skúli
      • Elfdalian: skaule
      • Danish: skole
      • Norwegian: skole
      • Swedish: skola (see there for further descendants)
• Old Dutch: *skuola
  • Middle Dutch: schôle
    • Dutch: school
      • Afrikaans: skool (see there for further descendants)
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: skul, sulu
      • Negerhollands: skoel, skool
      • Petjo: skola, sekola
      • → Aukan: sikoo
      • →? Caribbean Hindustani: skul
      • → Kwinti: skoro, skoo
      • → Lokono: sulu
      • → Papiamentu: skol, skool
      • → Saramaccan: sikoò
      • → Sranan Tongo: skoro
        • → Dutch: skorro
        • → Wayana: sikoro
      • → Trió: sikora
    • Limburgish: sjoel, sjoeal
    • West Flemish: schole
    • Zealandic: schole
• Old High German: scuola, skuola
  • Middle High German: schuole, schuol, schūle, schœle
    • Alemannic German: Schuel, Schuäl, Schuël

      Italian Walser: schiöl, schul, schuel, schuol, schööl

      Swabian: Schual

    • Bavarian: schual, schuele, schuile, Schui, Schul (Southern Bavarian)

      Cimbrian: schual

      Mòcheno: schual

    • Central Franconian: Schull, Schol (southernmost Moselle Franconian)
      • Hunsrik: Schul
      • Luxembourgish: Schoul
    • German: Schule
      • → Lower Sorbian: šula
      • → Silesian: szula
      • → Slovene: šola
      • → Swahili: shule
      • → Yiddish: שולע (shule)
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Schul

    • Yiddish: שול (shul)
      • → English: shul
      • → Spanish: shul
    • → Latvian: skola
    • → Old Polish: szkoła (see there for further descendants)