Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/séiˀlāˀ

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Of unclear origin.[1][2] Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *seh₂i-l-eh₂ (itself potentially related to Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (“soul”)),[3] perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y- (“to bind”).

Noun

*séiˀlāˀ f[1][2]

  1. strength, force
  2. soul

Inflection

Declension of *séiˀlāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *séiˀlāˀ *séiˀlāiˀ *séiˀlās
Accusative *séiˀlā(ˀ)n *séiˀlāiˀ *séiˀlā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *séiˀlā(ˀ)s *séiˀlāu(ˀ) *séiˀlōn
Locative *séiˀlāiˀ *séiˀlāu(ˀ) *séiˀlā(ˀ)su
Dative *séiˀlāi *séiˀlā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *séiˀlā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *séiˀlāˀn *séiˀlā(ˀ)māˀ *séiˀlā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *séiˀla *séiˀlāiˀ *séiˀlās

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Lithuanian: si̇́ela (“soul, heart”)
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: seilin (“diligence”)
  • Proto-Slavic: *sìla (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “siela”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397: “*séʔilaʔ”
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sìla”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 451: “f. ā (a) ‘strength, force’”
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*saiwalō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 423
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