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

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