Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saljaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From an unattested *selaną + *-janą (“causative suffix”), the former component from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“to take”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*saljaną
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *saljaną (weak class 1)
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *salljan
- Old Norse: selja
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (saljan)
- → Proto-Finnic: *sallidak (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 316
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 424-5