Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/similā

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 simila (“wheat flour”).

Noun

*similā f

1. wheat flour
2. bread roll

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*similā
Genitive	*similōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*similā	*similōn
Accusative	*similōn	*similōn
Genitive	*similōn	*similōnō
Dative	*similōn	*similōm, *similum
Instrumental	*similōn	*similōm, *similum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *semila, *simila
  • Middle Low German: sēmele, sēmel, seemel, semmele, semmel, simmele, symele, samele, sammel, sammele
    • → Danish: simle
    • → Old Swedish: sembla, sœmbla
      • Swedish: semla, temla (humorous)
        • → Belarusian: се́мла (sjémla)
        • → Dutch: semla
        • → English: semla
        • → French: semla
        • → German: Semla
        • → Russian: се́мла (sémla)
        • → Spanish: semla
      • → Finnish: sämpylä
• Old Dutch: *semila, *simila
  • Middle Dutch: sēmele, sēmel
    • Dutch: zemel
      • Afrikaans: semel
        • → Xhosa: semelisi
      • → West Frisian: semel
      • → Sranan Tongo: seimel
• Old High German: simila, semala
  • Middle High German: semele, simele, semel, simel
    • German: Semmel
      • → English: semel
      • → Italian: semel
      • → Norwegian: semmel
      • → Silesian: żymła
      • → Czech: žemle
      • → Slovak: žemľa
      • → Swedish: semla
    • Yiddish: זעמל (zeml)
    • → Hungarian: zsemle
    • → Slovene: žemlja