Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/selkan

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 *selkaną.

Verb

*selkan

1. to trickle, drip
2. to be slow, languish

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive	*selkan
1st sg. past	*salk
3rd pl. past	*sulkun
Past ptcple	*solkan
Infinitive	*selkan
Genitive infin.	*selkannjas
Dative infin.	*selkannjē
Instrum. infin.	*selkannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*selku	*salk
2nd singular	*silkiʀi	*sulkī
3rd singular	*silkidi	*salk
1st plural	*selkum	*sulkum
2nd plural	*silkid	*sulkud
3rd plural	*selkand	*sulkun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*selkē	*sulkī
2nd singular	*selkēs	*sulkī
3rd singular	*selkē	*sulkī
1st plural	*selkēm	*sulkīm
2nd plural	*selkēþ	*sulkīd
3rd plural	*selkēn	*sulkīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*silk
Plural	*silkid
	Present	Past
Participle	*selkandī	*solkan

Descendants

• Old English: *seolcan
  • ⇒ Old English: āseolcan (“to be slow; be weak or slothful; languish”)
  • ⇒ Old English: *beseolcan
    • ⇒ Old English: besolcen (past participle)
  • ⇒ Old English: *solcen, *ġesolcen (past participle)
    • Middle English: *solken, *solke
      • ⇒ English: sulky (“limp, droopy”)
        • ⇒ English: sulk (verb) (back-formation)
        • ⇒ Scots: sulk (verb) (back-formation)
• Old High German: *selkan
  • Middle High German: selken
    • ⇒ Middle High German: verselken, versëlken
  • ⇒ Old High German: irselkan
• ⇒ Old High German: giselkēn
• ⇒ Old High German: selkenēn