Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sālīg

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 *sāli +‎ *-g.

Adjective

*sālīg

1. blissful, prosperous, happy

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*sālīg
Genitive	*sālīgas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sālīg	*sālīgu	*sālīg
Accusative	*sālīganā	*sālīgā	*sālīg
Genitive	*sālīgas	*sālīgeʀā	*sālīgas
Dative	*sālīgumē	*sālīgeʀē	*sālīgumē
Instrumental	*sālīgu	*sālīgeʀu	*sālīgu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sālīgē	*sālīgō	*sālīgu
Accusative	*sālīgā	*sālīgā	*sālīgu
Genitive	*sālīgeʀō	*sālīgeʀō	*sālīgeʀō
Dative	*sālīgēm, *sālīgum	*sālīgēm, *sālīgum	*sālīgēm, *sālīgum
Instrumental	*sālīgēm, *sālīgum	*sālīgēm, *sālīgum	*sālīgēm, *sālīgum

Derived terms

• *sālīgōn

Descendants

• Old English: sǣliġ
  • Middle English: sēlī
    • English: silly, sely
    • Scots: seelie
• Old Frisian: sēlich, sīlich
  • West Frisian: silich
• Old Saxon: sālig
  • Middle Low German: sä̂lich
    • → Danish: salig
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: salig
    • → Swedish: salig
• Old Dutch: *sālig
  • Middle Dutch: salich
    • Dutch: zalig
      • Afrikaans: salig
      • → West Frisian: salich
    • Limburgish: zieëlig, zaolig
• Old High German: sālīg
  • Middle High German: sælic
    • German: selig
    • Luxembourgish: séileg
    • Silesian East Central German: salig (Gebirgsschlesisch); sälig; selig (Breslauisch)
      • ⇒ Silesian East Central German: glücksälig (also Breslauisch)