Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīlą

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīlą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *sīlō f

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.lɑ̃/

Noun

*sīlą n

1. a kind of fish
2. a launce, sand eel
3. a herring
4. fishlings, fry

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *sīlą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sīlą	*sīlō
vocative	*sīlą	*sīlō
accusative	*sīlą	*sīlō
genitive	*sīlas, *sīlis	*sīlǫ̂
dative	*sīlai	*sīlamaz
instrumental	*sīlō	*sīlamiz

Descendants

• Old Norse: síl n, síld f
  • Icelandic: síld f
  • Faroese: síl n, sild f
  • Norn: sil; sild; sildin (Shetlandic)
  • Norwegian: sild f, sil (dialectal)
  • Old Swedish: sīldh f
    • Swedish: sill c, sil (dialectal)
  • Danish: sild c
  • Gutnish: sild, silld
  • → Middle English: *sile, *silok
    • English: sile, sill, sillock
    • Scots: sile, sillock
    • → Norn: silek; sillock

borrowings

• → Czech: sleď
  • → Serbo-Croatian: сле̏ђ / slȅđ
• → French: célerin (from síldhering)[1]
• → Norman: célérin (Jèrriais) (from síldhering)
• → Latvian: siļķe f (from Norse or a daughter language, depending on the date of the borrowing)[2]
• → Lithuanian: silkė f (from Norse or a daughter language, depending on the date of the borrowing)[1][2]
• → Old East Slavic: *сьлдь (*sĭldĭ), сельдь (selĭdĭ)
  • Old Ruthenian: сельдь (selʹdʹ)
    • ⇒ Old Ruthenian: селе́децъ (selédec), селе́дець (selédecʹ)
      • Belarusian: селядзе́ц (sjeljadzjéc); оселенец (ósjeljenjec) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: оселе́дець (oselédecʹ); селе́дець (selédecʹ) (dialectal)
  • Russian: сельдь f (selʹdʹ)[1][2]
    • → Bulgarian: се́лда (sélda)
  • → Polish: śledź m[2]
    • → Rusyn: следзь (sledzʹ), следж (sledž)
• → Slovak: sleď
• → Welsh: sil[1]

References

1. de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 475
2. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сельдь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress