Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sumslą

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 earlier *swumslą, from zero-grade form of *swimmaną (“to swim”) +‎ *-slą.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsum.slɑ̃/

Noun

*sumslą n

  1. (East Germanic) pool, place for swimming

Inflection

Declension of *sumslą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sumslą *sumslō
vocative *sumslą *sumslō
accusative *sumslą *sumslō
genitive *sumslas, *sumslis *sumslǫ̂
dative *sumslai *sumslamaz
instrumental *sumslō *sumslamiz

Descendants

  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌿𐌼𐍃𐌻 (swumsl) (possibly with restored -w- from unattested *𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰𐌽 (*swimman))

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sunda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 492: “*swumsla-”
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