Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sālīg

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

From *sāli +‎ *-g.

Adjective

*sālīg

blissful, prosperous, happy

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*sālīg
Genitive	*sālīgas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sālīg	*sālīgu	*sālīg
Accusative	*sālīganā	*sālīgā	*sālīg
Genitive	*sālīgas	*sālīgeʀā	*sālīgas
Dative	*sālīgumē	*sālīgeʀē	*sālīgumē
Instrumental	*sālīgu	*sālīgeʀu	*sālīgu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sālīgē	*sālīgō	*sālīgu
Accusative	*sālīgā	*sālīgā	*sālīgu
Genitive	*sālīgeʀō	*sālīgeʀō	*sālīgeʀō
Dative	sālīgēm, sālīgum	sālīgēm, sālīgum	sālīgēm, sālīgum
Instrumental	sālīgēm, sālīgum	sālīgēm, sālīgum	sālīgēm, sālīgum

Derived terms

*sālīgōn

Descendants

Old English: sǣliġ
- Middle English: sēlī
  - English: silly, sely
  - Scots: seelie
Old Frisian: sēlich, sīlich
- West Frisian: silich
Old Saxon: sālig
- Middle Low German: sä̂lich
  - → Danish: salig
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: salig
  - → Swedish: salig
Old Dutch: sālig, sēlig (“umlauted variant”)
- Middle Dutch: sâlich
  - Dutch: zalig
    - Afrikaans: salig
    - → West Frisian: salich
  - Limburgish: zieëlig, zaolig
Old High German: sālīg
- Middle High German: sælic
  - German: selig
  - Luxembourgish: séileg
  - Silesian East Central German: salig (Gebirgsschlesisch); sälig; selig (Breslauisch)
    - ⇒ Silesian East Central German: glücksälig (also Breslauisch)