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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/salwaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *solwos (“grey, sallow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑl.wɑz/
Adjective
*salwaz
- dusky, grey
- smutty, dirty, muddy
- sallow
Inflection
Declension of *salwaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *salwaz | *salwai | *salwō | *salwôz | *salwą, -atō | *salwō |
| Accusative | *salwanǭ | *salwanz | *salwǭ | *salwōz | *salwą, -atō | *salwō |
| Genitive | *salwas, -is | *salwaizǫ̂ | *salwaizōz | *salwaizǫ̂ | *salwas, -is | *salwaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *salwammai | *salwaimaz | *salwaizōi | *salwaimaz | *salwammai | *salwaimaz |
| Instrumental | *salwanō | *salwaimiz | *salwaizō | *salwaimiz | *salwanō | *salwaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *salwô | *salwaniz | *salwǭ | *salwōniz | *salwô | *salwōnō |
| Accusative | *salwanų | *salwanunz | *salwōnų | *salwōnunz | *salwô | *salwōnō |
| Genitive | *salwiniz | *salwanǫ̂ | *salwōniz | *salwōnǫ̂ | *salwiniz | *salwanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *salwini | *salwammaz | *salwōni | *salwōmaz | *salwini | *salwammaz |
| Instrumental | *salwinē | *salwammiz | *salwōnē | *salwōmiz | *salwinē | *salwammiz |
Derived terms
- *salwijaną
Related terms
- *sulą
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *salu
- Old English: salu, sealu
- Middle English: salwe, salow
- English: sallow
- Scots: chauve
- Middle English: salwe, salow
- Old Saxon: *salo
- ⇒ Old Saxon: *salowig, *saluwig
- Middle Low German: salich
- ⇒ Old Saxon: *salowig, *saluwig
- Old Dutch: *salu
- Middle Dutch: salu, saluwe
- Dutch: zaluw
- Middle Dutch: salu, saluwe
- Old High German: salo
- Middle High German: sale, sal
- German: sal, sahl (dialectal)
- Middle High German: sale, sal
- → Vulgar Latin: *salvus, *sala
- Old French: sale
- Middle French: sale
- French: sale
- Norman: sale (Guernésiais), sale (Jèrriais)
- Middle French: sale
- Italian: salvo
- Old French: sale
- Old English: salu, sealu
- Old Norse: sǫlr
- Icelandic: sölur
- Norwegian: sal
- →? Proto-Finnic: *halpa (see there for further descendants)