Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/silāną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Cognate with Latin sileō (“be silent”). Related to Old English sālnes (“silence”), Old Norse sil (“slow flowing water”).
Verb edit
*silāną[1]
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *silāną (weak class 3)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *silēn
- ⇒? Old Norse: sil (“slow flowing water”)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (anasilan)
- → Proto-Finnic: *hilja (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*silēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 328