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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 *selk- (“to pull”). Cognate with Latin sulcus (“furrow, ploughing”), Ancient Greek ἕλκω (hélkō, “to drag, pull”).
Noun
*sulhs m
- plough
- that which is ploughed or furrowed; furrow
Inflection
Declension of *sulhs (consonant stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*sulhs
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*sulhiz
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| vocative
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*sulh
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*sulhiz
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| accusative
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*sulhų
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*sulhunz
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| genitive
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*sulhiz
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*sulhǫ̂
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| dative
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*sulhi
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*sulhumaz
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| instrumental
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*sulhē
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*sulhumiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *sulh
- Old English: sulh, suluh
- Middle English: solow, soloȝ, solouȝ, solouȝe, soluȝ, solþ, sulh, sulche, sulȝe, suluh (Early Middle English), solowe (Late Middle English), zuolȝ (Kent)
- Old Saxon: sulh