Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīlą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*sīlō f

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.lɑ̃/

Noun

*sīlą n

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *sīlą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sīlą	*sīlō
vocative	*sīlą	*sīlō
accusative	*sīlą	*sīlō
genitive	sīlas, sīlis	*sīlǫ̂
dative	*sīlai	*sīlamaz
instrumental	*sīlō	*sīlamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sīl; *sīld
- Old Dutch: *sīld
  - >? Middle Dutch: *sijlt, zielt
    - Dutch: zeelt
Old Norse: síl n, síld f
- Icelandic: síld f
- Faroese: síl n, sild f
- Norn: sil; sild; sildin (Shetlandic)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sild f, sil (dialectal)
  - Russenorsk: Silka
- Old Swedish: sīldh f
  - Swedish: sill c, sil (dialectal)
- Danish: sild c
  - Norwegian Bokmål: sild
- Gutnish: sild, silld
- → Middle English: *sile, *silok
  - English: sile, sill, sillock
  - Scots: sile, sillock
  - → Norn: silek; sillock
→ French: célerin (from síldhering)^[1]
→ Norman: célérin (Jèrriais) (from síldhering)
→ Latvian: siļķe f (from Norse or a daughter language, depending on the date of the borrowing)^[2]
→ Lithuanian: silkė f (from Norse or a daughter language, depending on the date of the borrowing)^[1]^[2]
→ Old East Slavic: *сьлдь (*sĭldĭ), сельдь (selĭdĭ)
- Old Ruthenian: сельдь (selʹdʹ)
  - ⇒ Old Ruthenian: селе́децъ (selédecʹ), селе́дець (selédecʹ)
    - Belarusian: селядзе́ц (sjeljadzjéc); оселенец (ósjeljenjec) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: оселе́дець (oselédecʹ); селе́дець (selédecʹ) (dialectal)
- → Czech: sleď
  - → Serbo-Croatian: сле̏ђ / slȅđ
- Russian: сельдь f (selʹdʹ)^[1]^[2]
  - → Bulgarian: се́лда (sélda)
- → Polish: śledź m^[2]
  - → Carpathian Rusyn: следзь (sledzʹ), следж (sledž)
→ Slovak: sleď
→ Welsh: sil^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 475
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сельдь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

[de_Vries-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 475

[Vasmer-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сельдь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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