Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swellijō

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

Etymology

Uncertain.

Noun

*swellijō f^[1]

sill, wooden foundation beam

Inflection

Declension of *swellijō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*swillijō	*swillijôz
vocative	*swillijō	*swillijôz
accusative	*swillijǭ	*swillijōz
genitive	*swillijōz	*swillijǫ̂
dative	*swillijōi	*swillijōmaz
instrumental	*swillijō	*swillijōmiz

Related terms

*sūlō/*sūliz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic:
- Old English: syll, sylle
  - Middle English: sylle, sülle, selle, sille
    - English: sill
    - Scots: sil, sill
  - → Latin: silla
- Old Saxon: *sul, *sulli
  - Middle Low German: sul, sulle
    - Low German: Sull, Sülle
- Old High German: swelli n (“sockle, foot-support”)
  - Middle High German: swelle f (“sill”)
    - German: Schwelle
Old Norse: syll
- Icelandic: syll
- Faroese: syll
- Middle Norwegian: svill
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: svill m or f
  - Norwegian Bokmål: svill m or f
- Old Swedish: syl
  - Swedish: syll c
- Danish: syld c

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003), A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003), A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394

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