Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saulijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *saulijǭ (“filth, manure”) or directly from its antecedent Proto-Indo-European *sowl-, a metathetic alteration of *solw- (“dusky, dirty, grey”).
Verb
*saulijaną
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *saulijō | *saulijaų | — | *saulijai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *saulīsi | *saulijais | *saulī | *saulijasai | *saulijaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *saulīþi | *saulijai | *saulijaþau | *saulijaþai | *saulijaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *saulijōs | *saulijaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *saulijaþiz | *saulijaiþiz | *saulijaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *saulijamaz | *saulijaim | — | *saulijanþai | *saulijainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *saulīþ | *saulijaiþ | *saulīþ | *saulijanþai | *saulijainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *saulijanþi | *saulijain | *saulijanþau | *saulijanþai | *saulijainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *saulidǭ | *saulidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *saulidēz | *saulidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *saulidē | *saulidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *saulidēdū | *saulidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *saulidēdudiz | *saulidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *saulidēdum | *saulidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *saulidēdud | *saulidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *saulidēdun | *saulidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *saulijandz | *saulidaz | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *saulijan
- Old Norse: *seyla
- Gothic: *𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*sauljan)
- → Old French: soillier, souillier (alternatively from Proto-West Germanic (i.e. Old Low Frankish) *saulijan)