Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sikilu

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

Borrowed from Latin secula (“sickle”), readjusted by instrumental suffix *-ilu (compare *skutilu), and perhaps also influenced by Latin sīcīlis (“sickle”).^[1]^[2] Thought to be related to *sigiþī (“sickle”).

Noun

*sikilu f

sickle
Synonyms: *sigiþā, *sigiþi

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sikilu
Genitive	*sikilā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sikilu	*sikilō
Accusative	*sikilā	*sikilā
Genitive	*sikilā	*sikilō
Dative	*sikilē	sikilōm, sikilum
Instrumental	*sikilu	sikilōm, sikilum

Descendants

Old English: sicol m, sicul, siċel, siocol — Kentish
- Middle English: sikel, sekell, sikil, sykel
  - English: sickle
  - Scots: sikil, sicle, sickle
Old Frisian: *sikel, *sitsel
- West Frisian: sytsel, sisel, sizel
Old Saxon: *sikila
- Middle Low German: sēkele, sēkel, seckele
  - German Low German: Seckel
  - Plautdietsch: Säakjel
  - → Danish: segl
Old Dutch: *sikila
- Middle Dutch: sickele, sēkele, sikle
  - Dutch: sikkel
    - Afrikaans: sekel
      - → Sotho: sekele
      - → Tswana: sekele
      - → Xhosa: sekile
      - → Zulu: sikela (or English)
    - → French: skèye, skêye (dialectal)
Old High German: sihhila, sichila
- Middle High German: sichel
  - German: Sichel
    - → Dutch: zichel
  - Luxembourgish: Séchel
  - Vilamovian: sychuł

References

^ Franck, Johannes (1936) “sikkel II”, in N. van Wijk, editor, Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 2nd edition, The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff: “uit lat. secula “id.”. De vorm sikkel misschien uit vulgairlat. *sec’la”
^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “sikkel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: “Ontleend aan vulgair Latijn *sicila ‘sikkel’, nevenvorm van klassiek Latijn sīcīlis ‘sikkel’.”

[1] Franck, Johannes (1936) “sikkel II”, in N. van Wijk, editor, Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 2nd edition, The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff: “uit lat. secula “id.”. De vorm sikkel misschien uit vulgairlat. *sec’la”

[2] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “sikkel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: “Ontleend aan vulgair Latijn *sicila ‘sikkel’, nevenvorm van klassiek Latijn sīcīlis ‘sikkel’.”

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