Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sailą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂éy-ōl ~ *sh₂i-l-és, from *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”). Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (iš-hi-ia-al, “band”),[1] and possibly Proto-Balto-Slavic *séiˀlāˀ (“soul”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑi̯.lɑ̃/

Noun

*sailą n[1]

  1. rope; cord
    Synonym: *raipaz

Inflection

Declension of *sailą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sailą *sailō
vocative *sailą *sailō
accusative *sailą *sailō
genitive *sailas, *sailis *sailǫ̂
dative *sailai *sailamaz
instrumental *sailō *sailamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sail
    • Old English: sāl
      • Middle English: sal, sole, soole
    • Old Frisian: sēl, sēle
      • Saterland Frisian: Seel
      • West Frisian: seel
    • Old Saxon: sēl
    • Old Dutch: *sēl
    • Old High German: seil
  • Old Norse: seil

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*saila/ō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 422
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