Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/séiˀlāˀ
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Proto-Balto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂i-l-eh₂,[1] perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y- (“to bind”).
Noun
[edit]*séiˀlāˀ f[2]
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *séiˀlāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent) | ||||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
Nominative | *séiˀlāˀ | *séiˀlāiˀ | *séiˀlās | |
Accusative | *séiˀlā(ˀ)n | *séiˀlāiˀ | *séiˀlā(ˀ)ns | |
Genitive | *séiˀlā(ˀ)s | *séiˀlāu(ˀ) | *séiˀlōn | |
Locative | *séiˀlāiˀ | *séiˀlāu(ˀ) | *séiˀlā(ˀ)su | |
Dative | *séiˀlāi | *séiˀlā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) | *séiˀlā(ˀ)mas | |
Instrumental | *séiˀlāˀn | *séiˀlā(ˀ)māˀ | *séiˀlā(ˀ)mīˀs | |
Vocative | *séiˀla | *séiˀlāiˀ | *séiˀlās |
Descendants
[edit]- East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: síela (“soul, heart”)
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: seilin (“diligence”)
- Proto-Slavic: *sìla (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*saiwalō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 423
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “siela”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397: “*séʔilaʔ”