Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sōl

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 *sōl n (“sun”), possibly feminized from in an opposing gender pair with masculine *mānō (“moon”). See *sunnō.

Noun

*sōl n or f

1. sun

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sōl
Genitive	*sawili
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sōl	—
Accusative	*sōl	—
Genitive	*sawili	—
Dative	*sawili	—
Instrumental	*sawili	—

Descendants

• Old English: sōl ?
• ⇒? Old English: siġel, sæġl, syġel, seġl n
• ⇒? Old English: sweġel, sweġl, swæġl n
• Old Saxon: sōl f