Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sailą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to tie, bind; string, belt”).

Noun

*sailą n

rope; cord

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *sailą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sailą	*sailō
vocative	*sailą	*sailō
accusative	*sailą	*sailō
genitive	sailas, sailis	*sailǫ̂
dative	*sailai	*sailamaz
instrumental	*sailō	*sailamiz

Synonyms

*raipaz

Descendants

Old English: sāl
- Middle English: sal, sole, soole
  - Scots: sale, saill, saile, seill, seale
  - English: sole
Old Frisian: sēl, sēle
- Saterland Frisian: Seel
- West Frisian: seel
Old Saxon: sēl
- Middle Low German: sēl, seil
Old Dutch: *sēl
- Middle Dutch: seel
  - Dutch: zeel
Old High German: seil
- Middle High German: seil
  - German: Seil
  - Luxembourgish: Seel
Old Norse: seil
- Icelandic: seil
Gothic: *𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌻 (*sail) (in 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (insailjan))