Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/salu

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *salwaz.

Adjective

*salu

1. dusky, grey

Inflection

wa-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*salu
Genitive	*salwas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*salu	*salu	*salu
Accusative	*salwanā	*salwā	*salu
Genitive	*salwas	*salweʀā	*salwas
Dative	*salumē	*salweʀē	*salumē
Instrumental	*salu	*salweʀu	*salu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*salwē	*salwō	*salu
Accusative	*salwā	*salwā	*salu
Genitive	*salweʀō	*salweʀō	*salweʀō
Dative	*salwēm, *salum	*salwēm, *salum	*salwēm, *salum
Instrumental	*salwēm, *salum	*salwēm, *salum	*salwēm, *salum

Derived terms

• *salwijan

Descendants

• Old English: salu, sealu
  • Middle English: salwe, salow
    • English: sallow
    • Scots: chauve
• Old Saxon: *salo
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: *salowig, *saluwig
    • Middle Low German: salich
• Old Dutch: *salu
  • Middle Dutch: salu, saluwe
    • Dutch: zaluw
• Old High German: salo
  • Middle High German: sale, sal
    • German: sal, sahl (dialectal)
• → Vulgar Latin: *salvus, *sala
  • Old French: sale
    • Middle French: sale
      • French: sale
    • Norman: sale (Guernésiais), sale (Jèrriais)
  • Italian: salvo