Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sol

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*sul

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sulą.

Noun

*sol n

dry dirt, soil
wet dirt, mud

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sol
Genitive	*solas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sol	*solu
Accusative	*sol	*solu
Genitive	*solas	*solō
Dative	*solē	*solum
Instrumental	*solu	*solum

Derived terms

*gasol

Related terms

*sulwiju

Descendants

Old English: sol
- Middle English: sol
  - English: sole, soal, soil
  - Scots: sole, soil, sulȝe, suilȝe
- ⇒ Old English: sol (adj)
  - Middle English: sol (adj)
- ⇒ Old English: solu f (back-formation from the neuter plural of sol)
  - ⇒ Old English: *solwiġ (adj)
    - Middle English: solwy (adj)
Old Frisian: sol
- West Frisian: soal
Old Saxon: *sol
- Middle Low German: sol, sōl, sāl n, sōle, sāle, sȫle f
  - German Low German: Söle, Sööl f
  - → Danish: søle
  - → Norwegian: søle, saula, søyla
Old Dutch: *sol
- Middle Dutch: sol
  - Dutch: zol
Old High German: sol, sul m or n
- Middle High German: sol, söl m or n, sol, sul f
  - German: Sol m or n, Sole f (obsolete)
    - ⇒ German: Suhle f (altered after suhlen)
- ⇒ Old High German: gisol (< Proto-West Germanic *gasol)
  - Middle High German: gesol

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