Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slutil

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 *sleutan (“to bolt, lock”) +‎ *-il.

Noun

*slutil m

1. key

   Synonym: *kaiju

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*slutil
Genitive	*slutilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*slutil	*slutilō, *slutilōs
Accusative	*slutil	*slutilā
Genitive	*slutilas	*slutilō
Dative	*slutilē	*slutilum
Instrumental	*slutilu	*slutilum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: sletel, slotel
  • West Frisian: slotel
• Old Saxon: slutil
  • Middle Low German: slȫtel, slȫttel
    • German Low German: Slötel
• Old Dutch: *slutil
  • Middle Dutch: slōtel, sluetel
    • Dutch: sleutel
      • Afrikaans: sleutel
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: slotro, slutro
      • Negerhollands: sleuter, sleetel
      • → Lokono: shilotoro
      • → Aukan: sooto
      • → Saramaccan: sòotó
      • → Sranan Tongo: sroto, slotto
        • → Caribbean Javanese: sroto
        • → Trió: soroto
      • → Warao: sidyotóre, sidiotore
    • Limburgish: släötel
    • West Flemish: sloter
• Old High German: sluzzil
  • Middle High German: slüzzel
    • Bavarian: Schlissl
    • Cimbrian: slüssel
    • German: Schlüssel
    • Hunsrik: Schlissel
    • Luxembourgish: Schlëssel
    • Vilamovian: śłysuł
    • Yiddish: שליסל (shlisl)