Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sōl

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *sōl n (sun), possibly feminized from in an opposing gender pair with masculine *mānō (moon). See *sunnō.

Noun edit

*sōl n or f

  1. sun

Inflection edit

Consonant stem
Singular
Nominative *sōl
Genitive *sawili
Singular Plural
Nominative *sōl
Accusative *sōl
Genitive *sawili
Dative *sawili
Instrumental *sawili

Descendants edit

  • Old English: sōl ?
  • ? Old English: siġel, sæġl, syġel, seġl n
  • ? Old English: sweġel, sweġl, swæġl n
  • Old Saxon: sōl f