Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/silāną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Cognate with Latin sileō (“be silent”). Related to Old English sālnes (“silence”), Old Norse sil (“slow flowing water”).

Verb

*silāną^[1]

to be still, be silent

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 3)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*silō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*silaisi	?	*silai	*silāsai	?
3rd singular	*silaiþi	?	*silāþau	*silāþai	?
1st dual	*silōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*silāþiz	?	*silāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*silāmaz	?	—	*silānþai	?
2nd plural	*silaiþ	?	*silaiþ	*silānþai	?
3rd plural	*silānþi	?	*silānþau	*silānþai	?

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*siladǭ	*siladēdį̄
2nd singular	*siladēz	*siladēdīz
3rd singular	*siladē	*siladēdī
1st dual	*siladēdū	*siladēdīw
2nd dual	*siladēdudiz	*siladēdīdiz
1st plural	*siladēdum	*siladēdīm
2nd plural	*siladēdud	*siladēdīd
3rd plural	*siladēdun	*siladēdīn

	present	past
participles	*silāndz	*siladaz

Related terms

*sailaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *silēn
- ⇒? Proto-West Germanic: *silōþu
  - Old English: seoloþ (“sea”)
⇒? Old Norse: sil (“slow flowing water”)
- Icelandic: sil
  - ⇒ Icelandic: silvetni (“calm water”)
- Faroese: sil (“calm, dead”)
  - ⇒ Faroese: silvetni (“calm sea”)
⇒ Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (anasilan)
→ Proto-Finnic: *hilja (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*silēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*silēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328

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