Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slutil

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 *sleutan (“to bolt, lock”) +‎ *-il.

Noun

*slutil m

key
Synonym: *kaiju

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*slutil
Genitive	*slutilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*slutil	slutilō, slutilōs
Accusative	*slutil	*slutilā
Genitive	*slutilas	*slutilō
Dative	*slutilē	*slutilum
Instrumental	*slutilu	*slutilum

Descendants

Old Frisian: sletel, slotel
- West Frisian: slotel
Old Saxon: slutil
- Middle Low German: slȫtel, slȫttel
  - German Low German: Slötel
Old Dutch: *slutil
- Middle Dutch: slōtel, sluetel
  - Dutch: sleutel
    - Afrikaans: sleutel
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: slotro, slutro
    - Negerhollands: sleuter, sleetel
    - → Lokono: shilotoro
    - → Aukan: sooto
    - → Saramaccan: sòotó
    - → Sranan Tongo: sroto, slotto
      - → Caribbean Javanese: sroto
      - → Trió: soroto
    - → Warao: sidyotóre, sidiotore
  - Limburgish: släötel
  - West Flemish: sloter
Old High German: sluzzil
- Middle High German: slüzzel
  - Bavarian: Schlissl
  - Cimbrian: slüssel
  - German: Schlüssel
  - Hunsrik: Schlissel
  - Luxembourgish: Schlëssel
  - Vilamovian: śłysuł
  - Yiddish: שליסל (shlisl)