Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/seglą
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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. |
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Unknown; possibly:
- cognate with obsolete Lithuanian sāgė (“warp, shawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *segʰ-;[1]
- from earlier *siglą, cognate with Proto-Celtic *siglom, whence Old Irish séol (“sail; quilt; course”), Old Welsh huil (“sail”), if not themselves Germanic borrowings; according to Schrijver, the Celtic being inherited would require Proto-Indo-European *sigʰ-;[2]
- cognate with Hittite 𒊺𒅅𒉡𒌋 (še-ek-nu-u /šeknu/, “cloak”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sek(h₁)-ló-m, from *sek(h₁)- (“to cut”),[3][4][5] though semantically unconvincing;[2]
- cognate with Latin sagum, sagus (“coarse woolen coat, soldier's coat”), allegedly borrowed from Gaulish *sagos (“wool cloak”);[5]
- or perhaps related to Icelandic segl, Faroese sigli (“piece of wood in the eye of a grinding mill”), implying an original meaning of “mast”.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Inflection edit
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *seglą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *seglą | *seglō | |
| vocative | *seglą | *seglō | |
| accusative | *seglą | *seglō | |
| genitive | *seglas, *siglis | *seglǫ̂ | |
| dative | *siglai | *seglamaz | |
| instrumental | *seglō | *seglamiz | |
Alternative reconstructions edit
- *siglą[2]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *segl
- Old Norse: segl
- →? Proto-Celtic: *siglom (“sail; course, run”)[2][5]
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*segla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 430–431
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 357
- ^ Hrozný, B. (1919) “Hethitische Keilschrifttexte aus Boghazköy”, in Umschrift, mit Übersetzung und Kommentar (Boghazköi-Studien; 3) (in German), Leipzig, page 76
- ^ Weitenberg, Joseph J.S. (1984) Die hethitischen U-Stämme, Amsterdam: Rodopi, page 227
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. *sĕk-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 895: “*seglo- [..] aus *sekló-m”