Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sultijō

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

A zero-grade derivation from *seh₂l- (“salt”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsul.ti.jɔː/

Noun

*sultijō f

salty water; saltwater; brine
a saltmarsh

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *sultijō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sultijō	*sultijôz
vocative	*sultijō	*sultijôz
accusative	*sultijǭ	*sultijōz
genitive	*sultijōz	*sultijǫ̂
dative	*sultijōi	*sultijōmaz
instrumental	*sultijō	*sultijōmiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sultiju
- Old Saxon: *sultia, *sultea
  - Middle Low German: sulte
    - German Low German: Sülte, Sült
      - → Saterland Frisian: Sülte
    - → Swedish: sylta
- Old Dutch: sulta (attested in dative singular sulton)
  - Middle Dutch: sulte, sult
    - Dutch: zult
- Old High German: sulza
  - Middle High German: sülze, sulze
    - German: Sülze, (southern) Sulz
Old Norse: *sylt
- Norwegian: sylt
- Swedish: sylt (possibly from Low German)
- Danish: sylt
- → Middle English: silte, cilte, cylte
  - English: silt
    - → Portuguese: silte