Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sūlijaną

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

From *sūliz (“beam, pillar”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.li.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sūlijaną

1. to place a beam or pillar

Inflection

Conjugation of *sūlijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sūlijō	*sūlijaų	—	*sūlijai	?
2nd singular	*sūlīsi	*sūlijais	*sūlī	*sūlijasai	*sūlijaisau
3rd singular	*sūlīþi	*sūlijai	*sūlijaþau	*sūlijaþai	*sūlijaiþau
1st dual	*sūlijōs	*sūlijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sūlijaþiz	*sūlijaiþiz	*sūlijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*sūlijamaz	*sūlijaim	—	*sūlijanþai	*sūlijainþau
2nd plural	*sūlīþ	*sūlijaiþ	*sūlīþ	*sūlijanþai	*sūlijainþau
3rd plural	*sūlijanþi	*sūlijain	*sūlijanþau	*sūlijanþai	*sūlijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sūlidǭ	*sūlidēdį̄
2nd singular	*sūlidēz	*sūlidēdīz
3rd singular	*sūlidē	*sūlidēdī
1st dual	*sūlidēdū	*sūlidēdīw
2nd dual	*sūlidēdudiz	*sūlidēdīdiz
1st plural	*sūlidēdum	*sūlidēdīm
2nd plural	*sūlidēdud	*sūlidēdīd
3rd plural	*sūlidēdun	*sūlidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*sūlijandz	*sūlidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sūlijan
  • Old High German: *sūlen (attested as gisūlit (“made of boards”))
    • Middle High German: sūlen, *siulen (“to prop, support”)
      • ⇒ Middle High German: undersiulen
        • German: untersäulen
• Old Norse: *sýla
  • Icelandic: sýla
  • Faroese: sýla
• ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gasūljan)