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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/seldalīk
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *seldalīkaz. Equivalent to *seld (“rare”) + *-līk.
Adjective
*seldalīk
- strange
- miraculous
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *seldalīk | ||
| Genitive | *seldalīkas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *seldalīk | *seldalīku | *seldalīk |
| Accusative | *seldalīkanā | *seldalīkā | *seldalīk |
| Genitive | *seldalīkas | *seldalīkeʀā | *seldalīkas |
| Dative | *seldalīkumē | *seldalīkeʀē | *seldalīkumē |
| Instrumental | *seldalīku | *seldalīkeʀu | *seldalīku |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *seldalīkē | *seldalīkō | *seldalīku |
| Accusative | *seldalīkā | *seldalīkā | *seldalīku |
| Genitive | *seldalīkeʀō | *seldalīkeʀō | *seldalīkeʀō |
| Dative | *seldalīkēm, *seldalīkum | *seldalīkēm, *seldalīkum | *seldalīkēm, *seldalīkum |
| Instrumental | *seldalīkēm, *seldalīkum | *seldalīkēm, *seldalīkum | *seldalīkēm, *seldalīkum |
Descendants
- Old English: sellīċ, seldlīċ, syllīċ
- Middle English: selly, sellich, sillich, sullich, seollich
- English: selly
- Scots: selly, silly
- Middle English: selly, sellich, sillich, sullich, seollich
- Old Saxon: seldlīk