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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic село (selo, “courtyard, village”), Lithuanian sala (“village”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑ.lɑ̃/
- Rhymes: -ɑ.lɑ̃
Noun
*salą n
- house; dwelling
- Synonyms: *bōþlą, *hūsą, *razną, *saliþwō, *saliz
- hall; (main) room
- Synonyms: *hallō, *saliz
Inflection
Declension of *salą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*salą
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*salō
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| vocative
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*salą
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*salō
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| accusative
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*salą
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*salō
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| genitive
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*salas, *salis
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*salǫ̂
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| dative
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*salai
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*salamaz
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| instrumental
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*salō
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*salamiz
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Coordinate terms
Descendants
- Old English: sæl
- Old Frisian: *sal, *sel (in compounds)
- Saterland Frisian: Soal
- West Frisian: seal
- Old Saxon: *sal
- Middle Low German: sel (n)
- Old High German: sal (n)
- Suevic / Gothic: *sala
- → Portuguese: Sá
- → Galician: Sa, Saa (place names)