Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sol

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

Alternative forms

• *sul

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sulą.

Noun

*sol n

1. dry dirt, soil
2. wet dirt, mud

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sol
Genitive	*solas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sol	*solu
Accusative	*sol	*solu
Genitive	*solas	*solō
Dative	*solē	*solum
Instrumental	*solu	*solum

Derived terms

• *gasol

Related terms

• *sulwiju

Descendants

• Old English: sol
  • Middle English: sol
    • English: sole, soal, soil
    • Scots: sole, soil, sulȝe, suilȝe
  • ⇒ Old English: sol (adj)
    • Middle English: sol (adj)
  • ⇒ Old English: solu f (back-formation from the neuter plural of sol)
    • ⇒ Old English: *solwiġ (adj)
      • Middle English: solwy (adj)
• Old Frisian: sol
  • West Frisian: soal
• Old Saxon: *sol
  • Middle Low German: sol, sōl, sāl n, sōle, sāle, sȫle f
    • German Low German: Söle, Sööl f
    • → Danish: søle
    • → Norwegian: søle, saula, søyla
• Old Dutch: *sol
  • Middle Dutch: sol
    • Dutch: zol
• Old High German: sol, sul m or n
  • Middle High German: sol, söl m or n, sol, sul f
    • German: Sol m or n, Sole f (obsolete)
      • ⇒ German: Suhle f (altered after suhlen)
  • ⇒ Old High German: gisol (< Proto-West Germanic *gasol)
    • Middle High German: gesol