Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/selh

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 Proto-Germanic *selhaz.

Noun

*selh m

1. seal (animal)

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*selh
Genitive	*selhas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*selh	*selhō, *selhōs
Accusative	*selh	*selhā
Genitive	*selhas	*selhō
Dative	*selhē	*selhum
Instrumental	*selhu	*selhum

Descendants

• Old English: seolh
  • Middle English: *selh, sele
    • Early Scots: selich
      • Scots: selch, selkie, silkie
    • English: seal
• Old Frisian: *selch
  • North Frisian: selich
• Old Saxon: *selh, *selah
  • Middle Low German: sēl, sale
    • Plautdietsch: Säajel
    • ⇒ Low German: saalhund
• Old Dutch: *selh
  • Middle Dutch: sēel, sāel, sēle
• Old High German: selah
  • Middle High German: sëleh
    • German: Seel (obsolete)
      • ⇒ German: Seelhund ⇒ Seehund