Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/seþl

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 *seþlą.

Noun

*seþl n^[1]

seat

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*seþl
Genitive	*seþlas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*seþl	*seþlu
Accusative	*seþl	*seþlu
Genitive	*seþlas	*seþlō
Dative	*seþlē	*seþlum
Instrumental	*seþlu	*seþlum

Descendants

>? Old English: setl, seatl, seatul, sedl, seld, seotl, seotul, seþel, seðl, sitl, sotl, setel
- Middle English: setle, selde (with metathesis)
  - English: settle, seld (with metathesis)
Old Saxon: sethal
- Middle Low German: sēdel
Old Dutch: *sethal
- Middle Dutch: sēdel
  - Dutch: zedel
  - Limburgish: zaedel
Old High German: sedal
- Middle High German: sedel

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 329: “PWGmc *seþl”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 329: “PWGmc *seþl”

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