Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saigul

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

Nominalization of a lost adjective from *saigijan (“to cause to sink”) +‎ *-ul.

Noun

*saigul m

  1. club, baton

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *saigul
Genitive *saigulas
Singular Plural
Nominative *saigul *saigulō, *saigulōs
Accusative *saigul *saigulā
Genitive *saigulas *saigulō
Dative *saigulē *saigulum
Instrumental *saigulu *saigulum

Descendants

  • Old English: sāgol
    • Middle English: sowel, saule, soule, sowil, saȝel
      • English: sole (dialectal)
  • Old High German: *seigal
    • Middle High German: seigel[1]

References

  1. ^ “sowel, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.