Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saigul
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editNominalization of a lost adjective from *saigijan (“to cause to sink”) + *-ul.
Noun
edit*saigul m
Inflection
editMasculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *saigul | |
Genitive | *saigulas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *saigul | *saigulō, *saigulōs |
Accusative | *saigul | *saigulā |
Genitive | *saigulas | *saigulō |
Dative | *saigulē | *saigulum |
Instrumental | *saigulu | *saigulum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: sāgol
- Middle English: sowel, soouwil, soowel, soowil, souel, souvil, souwil, sovel, sowvel, sowil, suwle; soule, sowayle, sowll, sowlle, sowylle; suvel
- English: sowl (dialectal)
- Middle English: sowel, soouwil, soowel, soowil, souel, souvil, souwil, sovel, sowvel, sowil, suwle; soule, sowayle, sowll, sowlle, sowylle; suvel
- Old High German: *seigal
References
edit- ^ “sowel, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.