Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/selhaz

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

Unknown.[1] Likely either from pre-Proto-Finnic *šülkeš (later Proto-Finnic *hülgeh; compare Finnish hylje, Estonian hüljes) or from a related substrate source. Derivation from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”), while possible, is ad hoc.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsel.xɑz/

Noun

*selhaz m[1]

  1. seal (animal)

Inflection

Declension of *selhaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *selhaz *selhōz, *selhōs
vocative *selh *selhōz, *selhōs
accusative *selhą *selhanz
genitive *selhas, *selhis *selhǫ̂
dative *selhai *selhamaz
instrumental *selhō *selhamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *selh
    • Old English: seolh
    • Old Frisian: *selch
      • North Frisian: selich
    • Old Saxon: *selh, *selah
    • Old Dutch: *selh
    • Old High German: selah
      • Middle High German: sëleh
        • German: Seel (obsolete)
  • Old Norse: selr

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*selha-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*selxaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323
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