Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sumblą

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

Alternative forms

*sumiblą

Etymology

From an earlier *sumlą. The first element of the word is likely Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- (“with, together”), while the second element is unknown. According to Paul Bauschatz, the second element is *alu with the whole meaning being "gathering or coming together of ale".

Compare ensemble, ultimately from Latin insimul (“in gathering”), from simul (“together”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsum.blɑ̃/

Noun

*sumblą n

Inflection

Declension of *sumblą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sumblą	*sumblō
vocative	*sumblą	*sumblō
accusative	*sumblą	*sumblō
genitive	sumblas, sumblis	*sumblǫ̂
dative	*sumblai	*sumblamaz
instrumental	*sumblō	*sumblamiz

Descendants

Old English: symbel
Old Saxon: symbal, sumbal
Old High German: *sumbal
Old Norse: sumbl m; *sumbla f
- Old Swedish: *sumbel m; *sumbla f
  - >? Swedish: summel, -summel m; sumla f (“gathering, collection”)
- → Swedish: sumbel
- ⇒? Norwegian: sump (“messy, jumbled pile”) (effected by sump (“sump, swampy place”))
- ⇒? Swedish: sump (“messy, jumbled pile”) (effected by Old Swedish somper (“sump, swampy place”))
  - ⇒ Swedish: sumpa (“to quickly gather”)
- ⇒ Old Norse: sumbla (“to gather, to mix together”)
  - Norwegian: sumle (“quickly gather together”)
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: sume (“quickly gather together”)
  - Old Swedish: *sumbla
    - Swedish: sumla (“to gather, to mix together”)
  - ⇒? Old Swedish: sambla (“to gather”) (effected by Old Norse samna (“to gather”); compare English ensemble)
    - Swedish: samla (“to gather”)