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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sailijaną

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 *sailą (rope, cord) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑi̯.li.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sailijaną[1]

  1. to bind (with rope)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sailijan
    • Old English: sǣlan
      • English: seal
    • Old Frisian: sēla
    • Old Saxon: *sēlian
      • Middle Low German: sêlen
      • Old Saxon: andsēlian
    • Old Dutch: *selen, *seilen
    • Old High German: *seilen
  • Old Norse: seila
  • Gothic: *𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*sailjan)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sailjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 312
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