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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *suflą.
Noun
*sufl n
- entremets
- viands
Inflection
Neuter a-stem
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Singular
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Nominative
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*sufl
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Genitive
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*soflas
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*sufl
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*suflu
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Accusative
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*sufl
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*suflu
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Genitive
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*soflas
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*soflō
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Dative
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*suflē
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*suflum
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Instrumental
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*suflu
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*suflum
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Descendants
- Old English: sufel, sufol
- Middle English: sowel, soouwil, soowel, soowil, souel, souvil, souwil, sovel, sowvel, sowil, suwle, soule, sowayle, sowll, sowlle, sowylle, suvel
- English: sowl (dialectal)
- Old Frisian: sūval
- Saterland Frisian: süfel
- West Frisian: suvel
- Old Saxon: sūval
- Old Dutch: *sūval
- Middle Dutch: suvel, zuvel
- Old High German: sūfil