Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/silikō

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sirica, serica (“silk fabric”), from Late Latin sērica (“silk”), along side *seluk, *seruk. The change -r- to -l- is unexplained.

Noun

*silikō m

  1. silk
    Synonyms: *seluk, *sīdā
  2. silk garments

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *silikō
Genitive *silikini, *silikan
Singular Plural
Nominative *silikō *silikan
Accusative *silikan *silikan
Genitive *silikini, *silikan *silikanō
Dative *silikini, *silikan *silikum
Instrumental *silikini, *silikan *silikum

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: siliko
  • Old High German: silihho
    • → Latvian: šilks (dialectal)
    • → Old East Slavic: шьлкъ (šĭlkŭ)
      • Belarusian: шоўк (šoŭk)
      • Russian: шёлк (šolk), (dialectal) шулк (šulk) (see there for further descendants)
      • Ukrainian: шовк (šovk)
    • → Old Lithuanian:
    • → Old Prussian: silkas
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.