Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/salu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *salwaz.

Adjective

*salu

dusky, grey

Inflection

wa-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*salu
Genitive	*salwas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*salu	*salu	*salu
Accusative	*salwanā	*salwā	*salu
Genitive	*salwas	*salweʀā	*salwas
Dative	*salumē	*salweʀē	*salumē
Instrumental	*salu	*salweʀu	*salu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*salwē	*salwō	*salu
Accusative	*salwā	*salwā	*salu
Genitive	*salweʀō	*salweʀō	*salweʀō
Dative	salwēm, salum	salwēm, salum	salwēm, salum
Instrumental	salwēm, salum	salwēm, salum	salwēm, salum

Descendants

Old English: salu, sealu
- Middle English: salwe, salow
  - English: sallow
  - Scots: chauve
Old Saxon: *salo
- ⇒ Old Saxon: *salowig, *saluwig
  - Middle Low German: salich
Old Dutch: *salu
- Middle Dutch: salu, saluwe
  - Dutch: zaluw
Old High German: salo
- Middle High German: sale, sal
  - German: sal, sahl (dialectal)
→ Vulgar Latin: *salvus, *sala
- Old French: sale
  - Middle French: sale
    - French: sale
  - Norman: sale (Guernésiais), sale (Jèrriais)
- Italian: salvo