Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sulą

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 Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid, muck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.lɑ̃/

Noun

*sulą n

1. mud, muck, mire
2. spot

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *sulą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sulą	*sulō
vocative	*sulą	*sulō
accusative	*sulą	*sulō
genitive	*sulas, *sulis	*sulǫ̂
dative	*sulai	*sulamaz
instrumental	*sulō	*sulamiz

Synonyms

• *sulwō

Related terms

• *saulijǭ
• *sulwaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sol, *sul

• 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

• Old Norse: sol- (prefix)