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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sūlijaną

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

Etymology

From *sūliz (beam, pillar) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuː.li.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sūlijaną[1]

  1. to place a beam or pillar

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sūlijan
    • Old High German: *sūlen (attested as gisūlit (made of boards))
      • Middle High German: sūlen, *siulen (to prop, support)
        • Middle High German: undersiulen
          • German: untersäulen
  • Old Norse: *sýla
    • Icelandic: sýla
    • Faroese: sýla
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gasūljan)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sūli-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 491:*sūljan-
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