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

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

Declension 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

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sīl; *sīld
    • Old Dutch: *sīld
  • Old Norse: síl n, síld f
  • 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)
  • Slovak: sleď
  • Welsh: sil[1]
  • Proto-Samic: *siltē (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “Proto-Germanic/sīlą”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 475.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сельдь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress