Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sūli

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sūliz.

Noun

*sūli f

1. pillar

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sūli
Genitive	*sūlī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sūli	*sūlī
Accusative	*sūli	*sūlī
Genitive	*sūlī	*sūlijō
Dative	*sūlī	*sūlim, *sūlijum
Instrumental	*sūlī	*sūlim, *sūlijum

Derived terms

• *sūlijan

Descendants

• Old English: sȳl
  • Middle English: syle
    • English: sile
    • Scots: sile, syle, cyle
• Old Frisian: sēle
• Old Saxon: sūl
  • Middle Low German: sûl, sûle
    • Low German: Süül
• Old Dutch: sūl
  • Middle Dutch: suul
    • Dutch: zuil
      • → West Frisian: suil
    • Limburgish: zuul
• Old High German: sūl
  • Middle High German: sūl
    • German: Säule
    • Luxembourgish: Sail
    • Yiddish: זײַל (zayl)