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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/salą
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic селó (seló, “courtyard, village”), Lithuanian sala (“village”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑ.lɑ̃/
Noun
*salą n
- house; dwelling
- hall; room
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *salą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *salą | *salō | |
vocative | *salą | *salō | |
accusative | *salą | *salō | |
genitive | *salas, *salis | *salǫ̂ | |
dative | *salai | *salamaz | |
instrumental | *salō | *salamiz |
Related terms
- *saliz
Descendants
- Old English: sæl (n); salor (m)
- Middle English: sal, sale; *saler
- Scots: salur, saller, sellar
- English: sale
- Middle English: sal, sale; *saler
- Old Frisian: *sal, *sel (in compounds)
- Saterland Frisian: Soal
- West Frisian: seal
- Old Saxon: *sal
- Middle Low German: sel (n)
- Old High German: sal (n)
- Middle High German: sal (n)
- Italian: sala (alternatively < *saliz)
- Portuguese: sala (alternatively < *saliz)
- Spanish: sala (alternatively < *saliz)
- Suevic / Gothic: *sala
- → Portuguese: Sá
- → Galician: Sa, Saa (place names)