Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/setlaz

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *setulaz, *sitilaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sedlo-, from *sed- (“to sit”). Synchronically analyzed as an l-suffixed nominal formation from *sitjaną (“to sit”). Particularly close cognate with Old Irish séol (“seat”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈset.lɑz/

Noun

*setlaz m

  1. seat; chair; settle
    Synonyms: *sadulaz, *seþlą, *sessaz

Inflection

Declension of *setlaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *setlaz *setlōz, *setlōs
vocative *setl *setlōz, *setlōs
accusative *setlą *setlanz
genitive *setlas, *sitlis *setlǫ̂
dative *setlai *setlamaz
instrumental *setlō *setlamiz

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *setl
  • Old Norse: sjǫtull
    • Icelandic: sjötul
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌻𐍃 (sitls)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*setla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
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