Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/seþl
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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. |
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *seþlą.
Noun
[edit]*seþl n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *seþl | |
| Genitive | *seþlas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *seþl | *seþlu |
| Accusative | *seþl | *seþlu |
| Genitive | *seþlas | *seþlō |
| Dative | *seþlē | *seþlum |
| Instrumental | *seþlu | *seþlum |
Descendants
[edit]- >? Old English: setl, seatl, seatul, sedl, seld, seotl, seotul, seþel, seðl, sitl, sotl, setel, sætl
- Old Saxon: sethal
- Middle Low German: sēdel
- Old Dutch: *sethal
- Old High German: sedal
- Middle High German: sedel
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 329: “PWGmc *seþl”