Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/solā

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sola, from Latin solea. Parallel borrowing with Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰 (sulja).^[1]

Noun edit

*solā f

shoesole, sole of a shoe

Inflection edit

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*solā
Genitive	*solōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*solā	*solōn
Accusative	*solōn	*solōn
Genitive	*solōn	*solōnō
Dative	*solōn	solōm, solum
Instrumental	*solōn	solōm, solum

Alternative reconstructions edit

*solu

Descendants edit

Old English: sole, solu
- Middle English: sole, soole
  - English: sole
  - Scots: sole
Old Frisian: *sole
- West Frisian: soal
Old Saxon: sola
- Middle Low German: sōle, solle
  - → Old Norse: sóli
Old Dutch: *sola
- Middle Dutch: sole
  - Dutch: zool
    - Afrikaans: sool
    - → Indonesian: sol
Old High German: sola
- Middle High German: sole, sol
  - German: Sohle

References edit

^ van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) “zool”, in Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN

[1] van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) “zool”, in Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN

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